@AidenCarrol2021 I remember listening on the radio in my bedroom, just so frustrated that nothing seemed to work to break that partnership that felt like it went on for a fortnight.
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Mitchell Squires
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Mitchell Squires
@MitchSquires
A star-gazing gardener who loves to photograph bugs. 🔭🌓🌱🌼🍓🐞🕷Views are my own.
Sydney, Australia Beigetreten Şubat 2009
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I was listening in my parents’ front room. I still can’t believe the way that match turned. An incredible partnership.
Glenn Mitchell@MitchellGlenn
25 years ago today I witnessed the most amazing day of cricket I’ve seen Following on 274 runs behind, V V S Laxman & Rahul Dravid batted the entire fourth day at Kolkata They set up a remarkable 171-run win … ending AUS’s record run of 16 consecutive Test victories
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I’m tired of the lazy argument that wanting to change the date of “Australia Day” somehow makes you anti-Australian — or means you “hate Australia”.
Right now, a significant number of Australians don’t feel they can celebrate on that date. Aboriginal people have made profound contributions to this country — contributions that are largely invisible on January 26 as a result.
Changing the date isn’t about taking anything away from anyone, or telling you that you can’t love your country. It’s about creating a day we can all celebrate together — not one that excludes.
The other frustrating argument is this insistence that we can’t change the date until an alternative is chosen -that’s just a procedural smokescreen and backwards logic.
You don’t demand the destination before agreeing to leave the wrong road.
First: agree the current date excludes people-it does.
Then: consult and choose a better one.
That’s how mature leadership would unite our country.
Loving Australia does not mean denying its history. You don’t get to cherry-pick only the comfortable parts and call it progress.
Loving Australia means wanting a national day that includes everyone, not demanding silence from those it excludes.
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