‘Decolonising’ Anzac Day’s revival

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The legacies of British colonialism include the Enlightenment values, institutions and liberties, including parliamentary democracy, the rule of law, and respect for the individual, the benefits of which Indigenous people were tragically excluded from for most of modern Australia’s first two centuries. As the thumping 60:40 defeat of October’s Voice referendum showed, it is getting harder to share former prime minister John Howard’s “unshakeable belief that what unites us as Australians is far greater than what divides us”. A unifying tradition The lack of consensus about Australia Day may help extend Anzac Day’s revival as it evolves into the unofficial...