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"Australians are deeply divided over whether January 26 is an appropriate day
to celebrate Australia Day – and we are no longer debating it as much as
doubling down in entrenched camps.
Over the past five years, we have tracked attitudes on whether Australia Day
should continue to be celebrated on January 26 through the Deakin Contemporary
History Survey.
The most striking result from our late 2025 wave is not a shift in overall
opinion, but a hardening of opposition to changing the date. While the balance
between those who support and those who oppose change has remained stable,
fewer Australians are sitting in the middle. This means more are expressing
strong disagreement with changing the date of Australia Day.
The statement “we should not celebrate Australia Day on 26 January” was
included in the Deakin Contemporary History Survey in 2021, 2023, 2024 and late
2025.
Respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with this
statement, from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The survey is a nationally
representative online survey widely regarded as one of Australia’s most robust
social surveys."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
