Three years after the City of Melbourne Council vowed to stop recognising Australia Day, the decision has now been officially reversed after a vote put forth by Councillor Philip Le Liu. This is in no doubt a response to the success of the March For Australia demonstration held on January 26 this year. But while some may be celebrating this as a win, it may actually be worse than it seems.
The council recognising Australia Day isn’t just a symbolic action. Australia Day being official requires the council to run events for the public to attend, and it is considering reinstating the city’s Australia Day parade. The issue with this, of course, is that the council is run by woke bureaucrats such as Nick Reece, who earlier this year praised Peter Drew’s traitorous “Aussie” artwork after right-wing activists Auspill and Sir Doug put up parodies around the city, and said he personally wants to change the date.
Reece was Deputy Lord Mayor under Sally Capp when the decision was first made to no longer recognise January 26 as Australia Day, and he framed the decision as a response to the “debate” around the date, despite an increasing supermajority of Australians, 76%, opposing a change, according to a poll by the Institute of Public affairs.
It appears that the councillors have identified that that they must regain control of Australia Day messaging before it gets out of their hands. Because the March For Australia rally was run and attended by everyday Aussies, Australia Day once again became a celebration of Australia’s colonial heritage, a message which the establishment detests.
The council now seems to be making an attempt to co-opt the re-emergence of Australia Day so it can change the message from being pro-Australia to pro-multiculturalism – it understands the political capital events like Australia Day have, and if it can’t get rid of it all together, the next best thing is to hijack it.
Liu stated that he believes that Australia Day stands for “community participation, civic pride and social cohesion,” which is a sharp contrast from the nationalist message present at this year’s non-government-approved march. Fellow Chinese-born councillor Gladys Liu said: “The main thing is how to celebrate, how to feel proud to be Australian, especially on a day when we welcome so many new citizens.”
If a woke, government-coordinated march takes the place of a citizen-organised march, it could undo much of the progress made over the past year. Patriots must be keenly aware of this, and we cannot let Australia Day once again become a tool of the system to push their propaganda.
To prevent our national day being hijacked, we must ensure there is an explicitly nationalist and pro-White message attached to Australia Day in the weeks leading up to the 26th if the establishment tries to run its own fake and manipulative skinsuit event.
Australia Day is one of the most important tools in re-establishing our nation’s identity, and is vital for the success of a nationalist movement. Now that it is back in the mainstream, it is up to us to ensure that the message is clear: January 26 is a celebration of Australia and Australians, not multiculturalism.
Australia Day belongs to the patriots, and we cannot let the system take it from us.
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Header image: The March for Australia in Melbourne on January 26 (X).
