Senate debates
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Motions
Australia Day
12:38 pm
Derryn Hinch (Victoria, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) Share this | Hansard source
In the United States of America, 4 July is celebrated as Independence Day. There are a lot of American Indians who would be upset about that. They also celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and everybody in the United States can celebrate that. I will support the government on Australia Day being kept on 26 January. But I also think that we should be looking quite seriously at having another day in this great country of ours and have Mabo day where we can all celebrate the Indigenous people who have been here for 60,000 years.
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