New polling shows a significant drop in support for January 26 in just two years.

  • The only thing I care about is more holidays.

    The donkeys smashing up Woolworths stores, and vaping on the train and driving their stupid dodge ram utes cutting through corners when driving though have ruined it for everyone.

    No idea why we haven’t just changed the date yet. It’s not a big deal, and the people who are making a big deal about it are the kind of people nobody wants in Australia I’ve noticed anyway

    •  kowcop   ( @kowcop@aussie.zone ) 
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      25 months ago

      because changing the date is a lose / lose for whoever attempts it, so it will just be left ‘as is’ and disappears on Jan 27. Fact is, some people support changing it, and other people want it left the same. Either of those two groups are going to be the noisy minority to that discussion… IMO, it will never happen, they will just mobilise police for the protests and schedule them for time in leiu the day after.

      •  Auzy   ( @Auzy@beehaw.org ) 
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        5 months ago

        I’m not sure it is these days honestly.

        I think only the loud and annoying people only care

        It’s like the EV discussion, if you jump onto Facebook, you’d think everyone loves petrol. However, in practice, people are happy to switch, but just want them cheaper. But they aren’t the kind of people to be plastering Facebook with it

        We have a huge problem with a small amount of toxic people here (and they cause the same problems for everything).

        They might protest, but after aus day passes, honestly, it will simply flame out the debate when people realize they don’t care.

        But you do make a good point, as they’d have to survive that first year. I just wish we had more mature people in here (I’m starting to think I’d be better off in NZ or elsewhere, because I hate all the kids who have temper tantrums here constantly, they’re ruining Australia)

        •  kowcop   ( @kowcop@aussie.zone ) 
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          15 months ago

          I think we are saying the same thing… the noisy ones will be around for either decision… they will be either protesting that it should stay the 26th (if it were to be changed), or protest that it is the 26th as invasion day… the fact that it goes away the day after makes it an easier decision for the government of the day… they just have to wait it out.

          I don’t care which, I don’t celebrate other than enjoying the public holiday. If I could swap it for my birthday off, I would do that :0)