I would like to belatedly say thank you for this comment . Through this whole ordeal , the sentence you are not responding to crazy with more crazy was one of the things that comforted me and encouraged me onward . Here ' s an on the situation if you didn ' t see it . Thank you for your kind support . <| sep |> Your title is wrong . They haven ' t moved Australia Day . They can ' t . You know this , I assume . Perhaps you were in such a hurry to inflame some good ole boy knee jerk that you neglected that detail ? They ' ve moved the activities they used to hold on Australia Day to the 28 th and changed the focus of the 26 th to a more inclusive model . The only people who would argue against that would be those who don ' t want to include everybody . They ' d have their own reasons for that , I guess . The 26 th is the date the First Fleet anchored in Sydney Cove . The day that ' Australia as we know it ' was born is January 1 st , when the Constitution of the Federation of Australia was signed and the country basically began . Freo ' s a cool place . not a lot of rednecks around . Lots of fresh air .