Australia Day poll shows Victorians 50-50 on naming January 26 Invasion Day
A majority of Australians don’t want Australia Day renamed to “Invasion Day” — but Victorians are divided over the debate.
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Victorians are torn on whether to rename Australia Day ‘Invasion Day’, a new poll suggests.
About 1200 Australians were quizzed in the Roy Morgan snap SMS survey carried out on Monday.
Results showed Victoria was split exactly 50-50 between those who want the national day to stay as Australia Day and those who want it known as ‘Invasion Day’.
It was the largest majority of any state.
In New South Wales 43 per cent were in favour of referring to the day as ‘Invasion Day’, while 36 per cent of Queenslanders and 24 per cent of West Australians supported the name change.
The Australia-wide result was 41 per cent.
Views also appeared to vary based on age, with 70 per cent of people between 18 and 25 backing the change compared to 22 per cent of those aged 65 and older.
Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said of all the results, “perhaps most surprising” was that 27 per cent of people who consider themselves Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander want it known as ‘Invasion Day’ and 73 per cent want it to stay Australia Day.
The survey came in the light of renewed debate over the national day.
The ABC removed references to “Invasion Day” from the heading of an online guide to events happening across the country tomorrow.
The piece, which was originally titled as an “Australia Day/Invasion Day 2021 events guide” sparked outrage from state and federal government ministers.
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