The battle of the vernacular and the political narratives around Australia Day finally seem to be reaching an exhausted truce. In 2025, there is a distinct public reversal in the trend of using Australia Day to shame Australians.
Many false narratives surround our national identity, and these are proliferated on our national day.
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