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New polling shows a significant drop in support for January 26 in just two years.

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[โ€“] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Commonwealth and state governments agreed to unify the celebrations on 26 January as "Australia Day" in 1946. So it is not even an age-old tradition the white supremacists like to pretend it is.

[โ€“] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Some extra context on that:

Despite not being recognised nationally the foundation of the colony of NSW had been celebrated much longer