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Turnbull, Shorten condemn council over Australia Day change

Yarra City Council mayor Amanda Stone
Yarra City Council mayor Amanda Stone Source: AAP

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has led the condemnation of a Melbourne council that voted to drop references to Australia Day and cancel citizenship ceremonies on January the 26th.


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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has led the condemnation of a Melbourne council that voted to drop references to Australia Day and cancel citizenship ceremonies on January the 26th.


Melbourne's inner-city Yarra Council has decided to drop references to Australia Day and lobby the Federal Government to change the day from January the 26th.

The council will also stop conducting Australia Day citizenship ceremonies.

The vote in the suburban council chamber has reverberated across the country and sparked heated debate in the nation's capital, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.


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