Another council will STOP holding Australia Day celebrations trends now
Another council will STOP holding Australia Day celebrations trends now
Another council will STOP holding Australia Day celebrations and instead replace it with a day of mourning
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A Melbourne council will cease hosting citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day, instead acknowledging it as a day of mourning.
Merri-bek Council in Melbourne's north will host the mourning ceremony on January 26, to acknowledge the experiences of Indigenous Australians.
Merri-bek Council in Melbourne's north will no longer host citizenship ceremonies on January 26
Merri-bek Council is the third Melbourne council to discontinue Australia Day citizenship ceremonies, after the Yarra and Darebin councils did the same in 2017.
'The very idea that we celebrate, hold parties and welcome new people to this country
