Australian Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Liberal MP for Banks David Coleman, a Scott Morrison
appointee, appears to want to renew the culture wars ahead of the May 2019
federal general election.
ABC News, 13 January 2013:
The Immigration Minister David Coleman has announced he will update the that governs how citizenship ceremonies are conducted, to force councils to hold them on January 26.
"Some councils say NO to Australia Day. We believe that all councils should say YES to Australia Day....in this wonderful, wonderful nation that we are so proud to be a part of."
Citizenship ceremonies
will have to take place on January 26 and a dress code will also apply, in a
federal government move to protect Australia Day.
The federal government
has revised the citizenship code to make it compulsory for all councils to hold
citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day, it has been reported.
Prime Minister Scott
Morrison has told the Sunday Telegraph the government will "protect our
national day and ensure it is respected".
"We believe all
councils who are granted the privilege of conducting citizenship ceremonies
should be required to conduct a ceremony on Australia Day," he
told the newspaper.
Under changes to the
Australian Citizenship Ceremonies Code to be introduced in 2020, councils must
hold a second citizenship ceremony on September 17 - Australian Citizenship Day
- and new citizens will have to abide by a strict dress code that bans boardshorts
and thongs.
Long before Coleman's announcement Welcome
to Country had posted notice of these
events scheduled for Saturday, 26 January 2019:
Narrm (Melbourne) – Invasion
Day 2019 #AbolishAustraliaDay (Hosted by Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance WAR & BrisbaneAboriginal-SovereignEmbassy ) – Jan 26
Sydney – Invasion
Day 2019 (Hosted by Fighting In Resistance Equally FIRE) – Jan 26
Meanjin (Brisbane) – Invasion
Day 2019 (Hosted by WAR) – Jan 26
Perth – Invasion Day Rally (Hosted
by local Indigenous activists) – Jan 26
Adelaide – Invasion
Day Protest (Hosted by Occupy Adelaide) – Jan 26
Note: Under
the NSW Public Holidays Act 2010 Australia Day will be officially
celebrated on Monday 28th January 2019 and the year after that on
Monday 27th January 2020.
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