Merri-bek Council has become the third local council in Melbourne to cease hosting citizenship ceremonies on January 26, instead acknowledging it as a day of mourning. NITV
Merri-bek Council will bin Australia Day citizenship ceremonies, instead hosting a day of mourning.The Council is the third Melbourne suburb to bin celebrations following Yarra and Darebin.
"The very idea that we celebrate, hold parties and welcome new people to this country on this day is pretty shameful," Councillor James Conlan told a local council meeting on Wednesday night. "We need to move onto a better day, that's inclusive, that's multicultural, and involves First Nations," he said.Melbourne suburb Merri-Bek, previously known as Moreland.A few councillors opposed the motion, raising concerns that scrapping the Australia Day citizenship ceremonies would prevent the council from hosting ceremonies at other times of the year.
Merri-bek Council is the third Melbourne council to discontinue Australia Day citizenship ceremonies, after the Yarra and Darebin councils did the same in 2017.
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