To call it Australia Day is wrong.”Marion council’s push to scrap Australia Day ceremony unlikely to pass, mayor says Read moreSultan made the comments in response to a question by a D’harawal Saltwater woman, Shannon Foster, in the wake of two Melbourne councils voting to scrap Australia Day celebrations and citizenship ceremonies out of support for the campaign to change the date. Don’t call it Australia Day.”Sultan is featured on a song by the Indigenous hip-hop outfit AB Original, the “subtext” of which, Q&A’s host, Tony Jones, suggested, was that Australia Day was racist. “We need as a country to be able to find a day where the whole nation can celebrate together,” he said. Aboriginal history is 'cultural vandalism'? ABC Q&A (@QandA) How do we ensure the Aussie spirit & culture that made this country great is not lost?

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2017 20:31 UTC