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New national polling shows that a majority of Australians want a long weekend, just not on January 26.
According to independent national research conducted by YouGov, 54% of Australian voters prefer an Australian Long Weekend - a guaranteed public holiday on the second-last Monday in January, which never falls on January 26.
This option keeps a summer long weekend, while creating distance from a date that causes harm and division.
A personal letter from us to you about why January 26 divides this country and why we believe it’s time to imagine something different through the idea of an Australian Long Weekend.
PUSH TO SOLVE DEBATE WITH A LONG WEEKEND
A petition has been launched calling on the federal government to introduce a national Australia Long Weekend celebration to finally resolve the annual January “Australia Day debate”.
Gunditjmara woman, and Clothing The Gaps founder, Laura Thompson, said the new campaign to introduce a long weekend “might just be the answer we are looking for”.
Instead of marking “Australia Day” on January 26, the public holiday could move to the second-last Monday in January each year, creating a consistent long weekend that never falls on January 26.
