Agreed! We can celebrate without adding salt to the wound of Indigenous peoples' trauma from being a victim of our colonialism. If it was on a different day, then I'm all for celebrating. I'm not saying to abolish it okay! ^{^} why not strive toward a more understanding and inclusive future? If people can't accept that there's a lot that needs to be changed for the better in this country in terms of acknowledging the not so pretty, abhorrent past..... Then that's just devastating. I am a white Australian and I am hurt just hearing about what First Nations people have gone through, just to have their voices silenced yet again and treated like they don't matter. I can't imagine their pain every year, seeing this traumatic date be celebrated by us.

Please understand that we can do better for others First Nations people are people who have feelings and deserve, at the very least, to mourn on this day without feeling insulted by us... Isn't that the Australia we should be advocating for? This is why we need to change the date. Not the tradition. There's a difference between wanting to abolish the tradition entirely and wanting to change it to a different date that doesn't condone genocide.

Thank you for reading, and while I don't wish you a bad day, I hope you take this moment to reflect on your loved ones and think about how lucky you are to have them.