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A poll by Ipsos for The Age / The Sydney Morning Herald reported in January 2021 that 28% were in support of changing the date, 24% were neutral and 48% did not support changing the date. 49% believed that the date would change within the next decade and 41% believed that selecting a new date would improve the lives of Indigenous Australians ...
Opponents of changing the flag have made the following arguments: It is a popular symbol. [15] No alternative national flag has attained the same degree of acceptance accorded to the existing flag. [1] The flag is a unique combination of devices recognised by law, custom and tradition as Australia's chief national symbol.
An increasing number of non-Indigenous Australians find it impossible to celebrate Australia Day, ... colonial date to the modern state of Australia – which was founded on January 1, 1901 ...
Some counter-observers and others have called for the date of Australia Day to be changed or the holiday to be abolished entirely. [8] [10] [11] [12] Support for changing the date has been a minority position; however, polls from 2021 have indicated that Australians under the age of 30 are much more supportive of the change than older generations.
Opposing campaigners made their final pitches on Friday over changing the Australia's constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation's first referendum in ...
Australia has set the date for its first referendum in 24 years as polls suggest the government is on course for failure unless it can reverse declining support.. On October 14, more than 17 ...
Price has argued against claims of systemic racism against Aboriginals in the criminal justice system, instead arguing that "black-on-black violence" is most pressing in Aboriginal communities. [53] Unlike many Aboriginal activists, Price opposes changing the date of Australia Day, describing the proposal as "virtue-signaling". [54]
Select sources on constitutional change in Australia 1901-1997. Part 2 - History of Australian Referendums (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 24 March 1997. ISBN 0644484101. Bennett, Scott (2003). "Research Paper no. 11 2002–03: The Politics of Constitutional Amendment". Canberra: Parliamentary Library of Australia.