This week, Warren Mundine proposed that Australia Day should be moved from January 26 to January 1, because the 26th marks the arrival of the first white settlers at Sydney Cove.
He does not have a problem with the concept of Australia Day, but rather the date itself which he believes represents conflict and conquest.
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