A modest proposal for Australia Day

It has become fashionable for some wokesters to object to Australia Day celebrations, even calling we modern Australians an occupying or invading power. Your ABC announced that it will refer to Australia Day as Invasion Day — or at least tried to get away with the stunt. Unfortunately, whoever drafted the acknowledgement let their feelings overcome their reason. The ABC recognises the indigenous peoples as ‘first Australians’ while ignoring their several tribal names. Australia was the English name given to the land by Matthew Flinders in 1804 but there were no Australians until federation, only subjects of the Queen residing in separate colonies. 

The television advertisement run ad nauseam by the National Australia…