‘Australia Day’ references dropped with Big Bash cricketers to wear Indigenous strips – The Guardian

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has come under fire after rebuking a Cricket Australia initiative to promote inclusivity on 26 January and claiming the date in 1788 wasnt a particularly flash day for those on the first fleet.
The games governing body on Wednesday announced it would drop references to Australia Day in promotional material for Big Bash League games in the lead-up to the public holiday considered by some as a day of mourning.
The day, referred to as Invasion Day by many Indigenous…

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