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A number of local councils have joined community groups and grass-roots organisations in calling for Australia's national day of celebration to be changed to a different date. NITV Radio spoke to representatives from local government, Aboriginal Corporations and community organisations about diverse First Nations perspectives around changing the date, as well as local efforts to make January 26 a more inclusive day.
A number of local councils have joined community groups and grass-roots organisations in calling for Australia's national day of celebration to be changed to a different date. NITV Radio spoke to representatives from local government, Aboriginal Corporations and community organisations about diverse First Nations perspectives around changing the date, as well as local efforts to make January 26 a more inclusive day.
The purposive forgetfulness, a characteristic shared by Sonipat and other small towns where history seems to be a useless burden, where everything must be turned new, is oppressive. It messes up our sense of time and history and leads us to think of the world as a supermarket