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Flat White

Cancelling our crucible day

29 May 2023

4:00 AM

29 May 2023

4:00 AM

Just one day is all most people want.

One day to celebrate Australia. One day to say, as Nino Culotta did in 1957, that we’re ‘a weird mob’, but we’re okay.

But one day, Australia Day, is too much for some to give.

The City of Greater Geelong, a council in my 79,000 km2 region of Western Victoria, has just voted unanimously to cancel Australia Day.

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