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Murray Olds: Australia Correspondent on Australia Day prevailing in polls despite protest and opposition

Published: Jan. 25, 2024, 8:55 p.m.

Today marks 236 years since Britain's First Fleet landed in Sydney Harbour.\xa0

Protestors have marked it by vandalising statues of Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria in Melbourne.\xa0\xa0

But Australian correspondent Murray Olds told Tim Dower that despite the visible opposition to Australia Day celebrations, a recent poll says otherwise. \xa0

He says it shows almost 70% of Australians say they must keep celebrating it \u2014up on last year\u2014 and 60% say the date must stay on 26 January.\xa0

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