Why ask?
Why change?
It is not going to change anything.
Just be happy it is Australia day and celebrate it.
Invasion day?
Rubbish if not the British it would have been some one else.
And many of mixed ancestry would not be here in any case.

Belly:" Just be happy it is Australia day and celebrate it."

Will do, hope you all have a great long weekend!

I posed the question in another thread, "Who are the January 26er's?", the vast majority of White Australians have no connection to the first fleet, many wouldn't admit it if they did. Did people even celebrate Australia Day in decades past? I'm 45 years old, granted Australia Day falls in the school holidays but I have no recollection of anyone celebrating the day as I was growing up, there were definitely no organised public activities in our town. To me Australia Day is "Howard's Holiday", a celebration of the contribution of non White migrants, I had literally no experience of it before the early 2000's, I knew what it was of course but until the flag cape wearers and "Oi,Oi,Oi" pests became numerous I had no idea people were interested in claiming it as a White rite.

If we're talking about changing the date -
what about the date to become a Republic?
This would be a moment to celebrate in a way
that would give all citizens pride in our
maturity and identity as a Nation . It would
include everyone.

Jay,
I agree I'm in my 50s, January 26th was just another long weekend, nobody took any notice of it, not all of the States celebrated the same day anyway. Not at least until Bob Hawk began pouring millions of dollars into marketing the day.

But this government funding isn't quite enough, they now apparently want to start indoctrinating children at school age level.
http://ministers.deewr.gov.au/garrett/aussies-kids-learn-about-australia-day-under-national-curriculum

I think the real purpose is to keep Australians ignorant. The dumber they are, the easier they are to govern.

It would be an entirely different matter if the Minister was talking about educating children about Federation and about the Constitution.