However, we can do something positive towards correcting this huge error later this year by voting YES in the Voice Referendum.
May I say in closing that the dumbest thing about 26 January is that it occurs just at the time when our schools begin their year. We give students another holiday when they have just completed 6 weeks of holidays. Unbelievable really.
My regular readers will note that I hammer away about the disaster of 26 January every year. May I say that I will continue to do so until I take my last breath.
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It is simply wrong (and stupid).
Which reminds me of another fact. 26 January is only New South Wales Day. The other five States were founded on different dates and treasure their first settlement just as proudly as NSW.
Your fair dinkum Aussie Mate
Everald
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About the Author
Everald Compton is Chairman of The Longevity Forum, a not for profit
entity which is implementing The Blueprint for an Ageing Australia. He
was a Founding Director of National Seniors Australia and served as its
Chairman for 25 years. Subsequently , he was Chairman for three years of
the Federal Government's Advisory Panel on Positive Ageing.
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