Major Australian Businesses ‘Cancelling’ Their National Day Celebration

A young boy waves an Australian flag during a rally for refugee rights outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 6, 2022. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

As major companies opt out of celebrating Australia’s national day, opposition leader Peter Dutton is calling on citizens to be proud of their heritage, not ashamed of it.

Australia Day, Jan. 26, marks a public holiday that commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788, which eventually led to the first European settlement being established in the country.