Do Hunter councils support changes to Australia Day?

Jessica Brown
Updated August 18 2017 - 10:55am, first published 10:30am

A local council in Melbourne has voted to stop referring to January 26 as Australia Day out of respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Jessica Brown

Jessica Brown

Digital Editor

Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.

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