Indigenous leader Warren Mundine has called for a “common sense approach” towards Australia Day after a
“We're getting sick and tired of these corporates telling us what to do and what not to do,” he told Sky News host Peter Stefanovic on Monday. “They're not allowed to put a little tattoo of a flag on or paint their face green and gold or whatever, do the stupid stuff, or put a flag up, an Australian flag.”
The Indigenous leader said he had suggested January 1, the day of Federation, as the new Australia Day, but decided it was “very un-Australian” as it would mean Aussies would forfeit a public holiday.“Stop banning people and stop banning events.” Some of the business impacted include Bungalow 8, Cargo and North Byron Hotel in NSW, the Esplanade Hotel, Prince of Wales and Duke of Wellington in Victoria and Port Office Hotel, The Lord Alfred and Waterloo Hotel in Queensland.