With some of Australia’s biggest corporations set to give employees the option to work on January 26, many smaller businesses are either already doing the same or following suit.
The Aboriginal flag "belongs to everyone, and no-one can take it away", Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt has proudly declared, after the federal government paid $20 million for the rights to the artwork.
We’re nearing perhaps the most contentious public holiday of the year, and again we’re seeing businesses choose not to honour Australia Day, and operate as usual instead.