Australia Day Pub Ban

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, I'm scared to talk about this on here because
I don't want to upset anyone and I don't want
any hate. But I want to just bring up briefly
the whole pub band for Australia Day thing that has
been happening over the last couple of days. And I've
got to say, I'm sitting neither here nor there. I'm
a bit. I'm a bit like, if that's what you

(00:22):
want to do, Pubs group, then you do that. And
if that helps you in yourself and how you feel
about all the situation with Australia Day, then go do that.
But it's obviously really struck a chord and lots of
people were very very upset about it, and everywhere you
go looking online like it was a lot of hate.
But I saw an article written by Warren Mundine yesterday

(00:45):
in the paper. Now, Warren Mundane is an Aboriginal politician.
I think he's retired now. He's an OAM and he
has obviously advocated for Aboriginal affairs his whole entire life.
He's very well regarded and well respected, and he wrote
an article yesterday for the Sydney Papers, and I just
wanted to share a little bit of it with you,

(01:05):
because I really turned my thinking around with all of
the division that's going on with Australia Day and should
we have it on that day, should we change the date?
And I really want to seek I guess more opinions
from our Aboriginal community rather than our community. This is
about them anyway. He said. He had an epiphany when

(01:27):
he decided in twenty twenty four, when Willis decided not
to roll out any paraphernalia for Australia Day. He said,
prior to that, I was a very strong advocate for
shifting the date so we could all celebrate it together somewhere,
he said, But I've come to the conclusion that a
small segment of our society, who were very powerful in
the corporates, hate Australia and Australians and are continually chipping

(01:48):
away to not celebrate what a great country it is
that we have developed, especially over the last hundred years.
He said. Australia Day is not really about us. It's
not about anyone else. And I think when he says us,
he's meaning us the Aboriginal community. He said, It's about
migrants who come here and help build this country. It's
about people who've been here for the last two hundred
years in the institutions. It's about the Indigenous people who've

(02:09):
been here for thousands and thousands of years. And we
have built the strongest multicultural, multi ethnic, multi faith, liberal
democracy and rule of law country in the world, where
everyone's treated equally and everyone has opportunities. He went under
say in the last twelve months, these people who hate
Australia and hate Australians, and I've learned this through the
Voice referendum, are not going to stop. They're going to

(02:30):
keep going and going and going. They're trying to divide
this country. Pubs in Australia should all celebrate Australia Day.
We have built a great country. We have the best
country in the world. Are we perfect? No. Do we
have racism here, yes, like every other country in the world.
But we have to be awilled to not drag in
the best stupidity that we see overseas and the violence

(02:50):
and the battles that are happening. Ninety percent of our
population get on very well, very well. I now don't
care about changing the Day of Australia Day anymore because
what I've learned is they won't care if we change it.
We need to celebrate Australia Day in pubs and bars.
We celebrate so many events each year and this is
no different. So who are the people in power do

(03:10):
you think he's talking about when he says they don't care?
You know what I mean? Is it government? I don't know,
but I just loved what he wrote that we oh,
it's open when you see an Indigenous person and an
Indigenous leader celebrate our beautiful country and how it's evolved
over the last hundred years. I was like, yeah, mate,
I'm with you. I'm with this guy and Jade Hot

(03:32):
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