http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/01/22/8-alternative-days-celebrate-australia-day-are-not-january-26
don’t really go for any but can’t think of a date that is inclusive.
ChrispenEvan said:
but can’t think of a date that is inclusive.
Not even your birthday?
unfortunately we’re only allowed one australia day a year sibeen.
ChrispenEvan said:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/01/22/8-alternative-days-celebrate-australia-day-are-not-january-26don’t really go for any but can’t think of a date that is inclusive.
We need a Republic Day, and a convenient date for it to fall on. I suggest 1 February each year.
I don’t see a need for a national day.
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
sibeen said:
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
xmas day
kii said:
sibeen said:
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
xmas day
It’d be prefect for drunken family arguments. With plum pudding and brandy sauce.
Not just me day.
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
The country needs a public holiday in the middle of summer towards the end of school holidays. Something to mentally mark the passing of the festive season for another year and time to get on with business as usual again.
they used o hold the hottest 100 on new years day.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
The country needs a public holiday in the middle of summer towards the end of school holidays. Something to mentally mark the passing of the festive season for another year and time to get on with business as usual again.
Just send people an email.
Arts said:
they used o hold the hottest 100 on new years day.
Do not be putting me off my rant!
sibeen said:
We could have a national “Hottest 100” holiday.
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
kii said:
Food Fight!
kii said:
sibeen said:Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
xmas day
It’d be prefect for drunken family arguments. With plum pudding and brandy sauce.
Michael V said:
sibeen said:We could have a national “Hottest 100” holiday.
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
The business lobby will lobby for it to be removed as a PH. We need something a bit more patriotic that they dare not challenge :)
party_pants said:
Oh, I see. I didn’t realise that’s what it was for. National “Official End Of Holidaze” day. Good thinking 99.
Michael V said:
I don’t see a need for a national day.
The country needs a public holiday in the middle of summer towards the end of school holidays. Something to mentally mark the passing of the festive season for another year and time to get on with business as usual again.
I agree with p_p, a public holiday at the end of the long school holidays is great.
it doesn’t matter what you call it. It should only matter that it includes a day where people can be reflective, but celebratory of how far we all have come since those bad old days.
party_pants said:
But is this new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?
Michael V said:
sibeen said:We could have a national “Hottest 100” holiday.Well when else are they going to hold the playing of JJJ’s Hottest 100? Answer me that!
The business lobby will lobby for it to be removed as a PH. We need something a bit more patriotic that they dare not challenge :)
I’d like to see it called Umpire Day.
Peak Warming Man said:
I’d like to see it called Umpire Day.
Stumps Day
Michael V said:
party_pants said:But is this new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?
Michael V said:
We could have a national “Hottest 100” holiday.The business lobby will lobby for it to be removed as a PH. We need something a bit more patriotic that they dare not challenge :)
It will be no better or worse than the patriotism we already to endure today.
Peak Warming Man said:
And we could have games. The Umpire Games.
I’d like to see it called Umpire Day.
Climate Change Day
followed by
Not Doing Enough About It Day
party_pants said:
I actually meant – is the current new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?
Michael V said:
party_pants said:But is this new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?The business lobby will lobby for it to be removed as a PH. We need something a bit more patriotic that they dare not challenge :)
It will be no better or worse than the patriotism we already to endure today.
Michael V said:
party_pants said:I actually meant – is the current new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?
Michael V said:
But is this new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?It will be no better or worse than the patriotism we already to endure today.
Noi, there’s too much dickheadery, racism and crass-stupidity involved in it.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
party_pants said:I actually meant – is the current new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?It will be no better or worse than the patriotism we already to endure today.
Noi, there’s too much dickheadery, racism and crass-stupidity involved in it.
Bogan day
double plugger day
thongs and stubbies day
fireworks day
bbq day
snags and beer day
party_pants said:
That’s what I think, too.
Michael V said:
party_pants said:I actually meant – is the current new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?It will be no better or worse than the patriotism we already to endure today.
Noi, there’s too much dickheadery, racism and crass-stupidity involved in it.
Arts said:
The ideas lady. Nice.
double plugger daythongs and stubbies day
fireworks day
bbq day
snags and beer day
It should just be a day chosen to celebrate the positive side of Australian life, and could be called Downunder Day. Just choose any convenient date for it, it doesn’t have to commemorate anything.
Wedgie day
Lamington Day.
Pie day
Bubblecar said:
It should just be a day chosen to celebrate the positive side of Australian life, and could be called Downunder Day. Just choose any convenient date for it, it doesn’t have to commemorate anything.
No awards for toeing the establishment line? none of those foreign free loaders getting citizendomshipness? no blackfellows protesting?
Big Bang Day
to celebrate the universe
needs lots of fireworks
Bubblecar said:
It should just be a day chosen to celebrate the positive side of Australian life, and could be called Downunder Day. Just choose any convenient date for it, it doesn’t have to commemorate anything.
It could include a camel race called the Downunder Day Derby.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
It should just be a day chosen to celebrate the positive side of Australian life, and could be called Downunder Day. Just choose any convenient date for it, it doesn’t have to commemorate anything.
It could include a camel race called the Downunder Day Derby.
No, if God wanted camels in Australia he would have put them here in the first place.
maybe a shove it up the establishment day,
shove privileges up your arse day,
shove hierarchy up your arse day
shove rich people up their arse day
etc
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
It should just be a day chosen to celebrate the positive side of Australian life, and could be called Downunder Day. Just choose any convenient date for it, it doesn’t have to commemorate anything.
No awards for toeing the establishment line? none of those foreign free loaders getting citizendomshipness? no blackfellows protesting?
There would be gongs known as Downunder Doodahs, Double Downunder Doodahs etc.
There would be citizenship ceremonies but they’d be renamed downunderships.
The black protests, mourning and anguish would still take place on Australia Day, which would be renamed Invasion Day.
I don’t like citizen ceremonies
its like we own you now, I think its weird and unnecessary, too much big brother
just accept them as human beings and accept their names as human beings
not a corporate owned person with privileges
yuk
people need more freedom than that
the privileges thing is medieval
like religion and other two thousand year old stuff
Knights of the round table
and the others
CrazyNeutrino said:
I don’t like citizen ceremoniesits like we own you now, I think its weird and unnecessary, too much big brother
just accept them as human beings and accept their names as human beings
not a corporate owned person with privileges
yuk
people need more freedom than that
Citizenship is not compulsory. I’ve lived in Australia most of my life and am not an Australian citizen.
Bubblecar said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
I don’t like citizen ceremoniesits like we own you now, I think its weird and unnecessary, too much big brother
just accept them as human beings and accept their names as human beings
not a corporate owned person with privileges
yuk
people need more freedom than that
Citizenship is not compulsory. I’ve lived in Australia most of my life and am not an Australian citizen.
ok thats good then
Im not into flags and all that other stuff either
there is too much emphasis on us them, on this planet
it gives me the shits
that’s one reason why don’t watch TV any more
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
I’m not a monarchist
the idea of a royal family don’t not make any sense in a modern world
why do they cling on to medieval concepts?
what is the purpose?
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
CrazyNeutrino said:
I’m not a monarchistthe idea of a royal family don’t not make any sense in a modern world
why do they cling on to medieval concepts?
what is the purpose?
what lies behind we are the royally and they are the peasants
what is the psychology of that
Bubblecar said:
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
Tamb said:
Bubblecar said:
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
Shifting the date will defuse the situation?
That’s what he said.
Bubblecar said:
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
yes its become invasion day
I think we need to look at something else
CrazyNeutrino said:
I’m not a monarchistthe idea of a royal family don’t not make any sense in a modern world
why do they cling on to medieval concepts?
what is the purpose?
Some people need to believe there is somebody with mystical powers looking after them.
Bubblecar said:
Tamb said:
Bubblecar said:Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
Shifting the date will defuse the situation?
That’s what he said.
Did you not notice my question mark?
Bubblecar said:
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
I didn’t know it needed defusing
CrazyNeutrino said:
I’m not a monarchistthe idea of a royal family don’t not make any sense in a modern world
why do they cling on to medieval concepts?
what is the purpose?
The purpose is to have an apolitical head of state …
maybe the day that the final break with gondwana happened would be appropriate.
Dropbear said:
Bubblecar said:
Dropbear said:
Fk the haters. Will never please everyone
Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
I didn’t know it needed defusing
they is a rise in the number of people calling Australia day invasion day
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:
Bubblecar said:Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
I didn’t know it needed defusing
they is a rise in the number of people calling Australia day invasion day
There is a rise in the number of vegans .. Shrug
…and they bring in the tourist dollar. or pound.
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
I’m not a monarchistthe idea of a royal family don’t not make any sense in a modern world
why do they cling on to medieval concepts?
what is the purpose?
The purpose is to have an apolitical head of state …
I dont think we need a head of state
Id like to see a move to something different
Ha, just found out my GP got an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) award yesterday. She was on ABC news apparently.
Congrats Dr Gray :)
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:
Bubblecar said:Shifting the date will defuse the situation.
I didn’t know it needed defusing
they is a rise in the number of people calling Australia day invasion day
i wonder what vegan zombies say?
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:I didn’t know it needed defusing
they is a rise in the number of people calling Australia day invasion day
There is a rise in the number of vegans .. Shrug
numbers go up and down
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
I’m not a monarchistthe idea of a royal family don’t not make any sense in a modern world
why do they cling on to medieval concepts?
what is the purpose?
The purpose is to have an apolitical head of state …
I dont think we need a head of state
Id like to see a move to something different
Watery tarts distributing swords ?
ChrispenEvan said:
i wonder what vegan zombies say?
Grains
ChrispenEvan said:
i wonder what vegan zombies say?
Tamb said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:I didn’t know it needed defusing
they is a rise in the number of people calling Australia day invasion day
Maybe then we should call it. We won, you lost STFU.
but there is a rise in the number of people calling it invasion day so what will happen if that continues to rise?
telling people to STFU wont help
CrazyNeutrino said:
Tamb said:
CrazyNeutrino said:they is a rise in the number of people calling Australia day invasion day
Maybe then we should call it. We won, you lost STFU.but there is a rise in the number of people calling it invasion day so what will happen if that continues to rise?
telling people to STFU wont help
Is there a rise or are they just becoming more strident.
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:The purpose is to have an apolitical head of state …
I dont think we need a head of state
Id like to see a move to something different
Watery tarts distributing swords ?
A music box that springs open at random times and plays a theatrical version of the Magna Carta
Dropbear said:
ChrispenEvan said:
i wonder what vegan zombies say?
Grains
yep, that’s what they would say
Tamb said:
ChrispenEvan said:
i wonder what vegan zombies say?
Lentilllls, lentillls.
and lentils
and sprouts
they like sprouts
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:I dont think we need a head of state
Id like to see a move to something different
Watery tarts distributing swords ?
A music box that springs open at random times and plays a theatrical version of the Magna Carta
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:I dont think we need a head of state
Id like to see a move to something different
Watery tarts distributing swords ?
A music box that springs open at random times and plays a theatrical version of the Magna Carta
Id like to go further and make it into a play and a movie
seeing corporate Australia wants to hide the magna carta from people
lets push it in their face
Tamb said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:Watery tarts distributing swords ?
A music box that springs open at random times and plays a theatrical version of the Magna Carta
Only if Sir Johnkerr pops out of it.
No, he’s useless
Im was thinking Gough Whitlam
to give the right wing conservatives a shock
He could recite the Magna Carta
and give insightful comments as well
Im in a very rebellious mode at present
I need to smoke some pot and settle down into another mode
CrazyNeutrino said:
Im in a very rebellious mode at presentI need to smoke some pot and settle down into another mode
Yeh that will help
Dropbear said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Im in a very rebellious mode at presentI need to smoke some pot and settle down into another mode
Yeh that will help
US election: Donald Trump abruptly withdraws from Fox News debate with party rivals
Donald Trump is not much of a leader if he cannot debate with any journalist or anyone for that matter
weak!
CrazyNeutrino said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
Dropbear said:Watery tarts distributing swords ?
A music box that springs open at random times and plays a theatrical version of the Magna Carta
Id like to go further and make it into a play and a movie
seeing corporate Australia wants to hide the magna carta from people
lets push it in their face
Why not the song “The twelth of never”?
bob(from black rock) said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
CrazyNeutrino said:A music box that springs open at random times and plays a theatrical version of the Magna Carta
Id like to go further and make it into a play and a movie
seeing corporate Australia wants to hide the magna carta from people
lets push it in their face
Why not the song “The twelth of never”?
I see your point
Im not a happy chapie Bob, Im still in rebellious mode
Australia is too corporatized for my liking
its like some weird capitalistic dream gone mad, I blame the English with their dualistic Westminster system and the Americans with their over the top resource greed
I think we need Magna Carta Day
and I also wish politicians were paid on how many times they vote in parliament and performance pay based on parliament committee attendance, not like some who dont bother turning up
and when they do they sleep in parliament doing hard work for their electorate while running other companies, gives that electorate 100 percent doesn’t it.
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
The states of Australia united to form one nation on that date. The colonies did have some degree of independent self-government before then.
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Change Australia day it to that day then
and make invasion day 26th to the racists can hate or choose to become better thinkers
CrazyNeutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Change Australia day it to that day then
and make invasion day 26th to the racists can hate or choose to become better thinkers
Change Australia day to that day then
and make invasion day 26th so the racists can either hate or choose to become better thinkers
that would be positive
CrazyNeutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Change Australia day it to that day then
and make invasion day 26th to the racists can hate or choose to become better thinkers
Where will we put New Years Day?
Ian said:
CrazyNeutrino said:
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Change Australia day it to that day then
and make invasion day 26th to the racists can hate or choose to become better thinkers
of act
Where will we put New Years Day?
Don’t you see that this either removes the Australia day holiday or gives us a holiday on the 2nd Jan. This being the first day of action as a new nation.
roughbarked said:
Ian said:
CrazyNeutrino said:Change Australia day it to that day then
and make invasion day 26th to the racists can hate or choose to become better thinkers
of act
Where will we put New Years Day?
Don’t you see that this either removes the Australia day holiday or gives us a holiday on the 2nd Jan. This being the first day of action as a new nation.
No. So we need the 2nd as Have Another Bong to Think Abou It Day, and the 3rd as Oz Day.
Ian said:
roughbarked said:
Ian said:of act
Where will we put New Years Day?
Don’t you see that this either removes the Australia day holiday or gives us a holiday on the 2nd Jan. This being the first day of action as a new nation.
No. So we need the 2nd as Have Another Bong to Think Abou It Day, and the 3rd as Oz Day.
the 26th Invasion day can still be a holiday
Have Another Bong to Think About It Day
could be followed by
Have another Beer to think about it Day
just shorten to
Beer Day
followed by
Pie Day
Kangaroo Day and
Holden Cars Day or Cars Day to be more politically correct
Ian said:
roughbarked said:
Ian said:of act
Where will we put New Years Day?
Don’t you see that this either removes the Australia day holiday or gives us a holiday on the 2nd Jan. This being the first day of action as a new nation.
No. So we need the 2nd as Have Another Bong to Think Abou It Day, and the 3rd as Oz Day.
Now you are talking. If you were vying for Prime Minister, you’d get elected in a landslide if you could pull that long wekend off at the start of the year.
roughbarked said:
Ian said:
roughbarked said:Don’t you see that this either removes the Australia day holiday or gives us a holiday on the 2nd Jan. This being the first day of action as a new nation.
No. So we need the 2nd as Have Another Bong to Think Abou It Day, and the 3rd as Oz Day.
Now you are talking. If you were vying for Prime Minister, you’d get elected in a landslide if you could pull that long wekend off at the start of the year.
+1
Im feeling better now
I dont care what day it is
9 October seems most logical to me.
This was the date of assent to the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 by which Australia became independent.
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Not correct
Glad we got that sorted.
IF elected I solemnly promise not to serve.
dv said:
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Not correct
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1942
Ian said:
Glad we got that sorted.IF elected I solemnly promise not to serve.
Or volley?
roughbarked said:
dv said:
roughbarked said:
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901.
Not correct
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right.
Nnnope.
I am aware the federation site says that, but it is demonstrably wrong. Federation brought the colonies together under a single Dominion. The Dominion largely had legislative de facto autonomy, as indeed the colonies had largely had, but it was the SoWAA1942 that brought formal independence.
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
Glad we got that sorted.IF elected I solemnly promise not to serve.
Or volley?
Top spin offensive half-volley lob.
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:Not correct
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right.
Nnnope.
I am aware the federation site says that, but it is demonstrably wrong. Federation brought the colonies together under a single Dominion. The Dominion largely had legislative de facto autonomy, as indeed the colonies had largely had, but it was the SoWAA1942 that brought formal independence.
:)
roughbarked said:
dv said:
roughbarked said:Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901 when the British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right.
Nnnope.
I am aware the federation site says that, but it is demonstrably wrong. Federation brought the colonies together under a single Dominion. The Dominion largely had legislative de facto autonomy, as indeed the colonies had largely had, but it was the SoWAA1942 that brought formal independence.
:)
So we make it the 19th of April?
dv said:
9 October seems most logical to me.This was the date of assent to the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 by which Australia became independent.
But Australians didn’t become Australian citizens (rather than British subjects) until 1949.
And aborigines didn’t get full voting rights until 1962 (federal) and 1967 (states).
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
9 October seems most logical to me.This was the date of assent to the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 by which Australia became independent.
But Australians didn’t become Australian citizens (rather than British subjects) until 1949.
And aborigines didn’t get full voting rights until 1962 (federal) and 1967 (states).
Yes I concede that there are plenty of options but I am surprised that 9 October did not get a mention in the article.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
9 October seems most logical to me.This was the date of assent to the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 by which Australia became independent.
But Australians didn’t become Australian citizens (rather than British subjects) until 1949.
And aborigines didn’t get full voting rights until 1962 (federal) and 1967 (states).
And Australia day didn’t become a holiday in all states until 1994.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
party_pants said:I actually meant – is the current new-found “patriotism” such a good thing?It will be no better or worse than the patriotism we already to endure today.
Noi, there’s too much dickheadery, racism and crass-stupidity involved in it.
Well you can just go back to where you come from.
st Georges day
national fuck you day
day of the glorious Republic
national obedience day