Melbourne City Council will likely advocate for the federal government to change the date of Australia Day while still holding . In recent years, Australia Day protests have swelled and tens of thousands of people Indigenous and non-Indigenous march together all across the country. You could say that this was the day we finally came together as Aussies. It seems ridiculous to consider that any nation should be celebrating the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people who were in Australia first. [CDATA[ */ A nation that is not, and has never been fair, free or young. For years now, Aboriginal people have said that January 26th is not a day of celebration for them. s = d.createElement('script'); Thats where it all began, thats where Australia first started as it is known now, and thats where it needs to change first. But we are ready to rectify this. None of those things can only be done on the 26th of January, and if it was on any other day then maybe more Indigenous people would feel like celebrating with the rest of the nation. var oldonload = window.onload; (Getty) Forty-one per cent of those surveyed believed changing the date of Australia Day would be important in improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. It is the plain and simple truth of what the 26th of January represents, regardless of how you phrase it. It does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person. You dont pretend your birthday was on a different day you look at your whole lifes experience, Morrison said. A Guardian Essential poll in. The date - 26 January - is the anniversary of the 1788 landing of Britain's First Fleet, which began the era of colonisation. for (var t=0; t