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Geelong scraps Australia Day celebrations in unanimous council vote about January 26

A report tabled for a Geelong City Council meeting recommended broad changes to how the city marks January 26. (ABC News: Harrison Tippet )

Geelong council will permanently cease referring to January 26 as Australia Day, as part of a series of changes to how the city commemorates the contentious date.

Councillors on Tuesday evening voted to support an overhaul of how the city marks January 26, noting its "traumatic historical impact to the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners and First Nations Peoples of the Geelong Region".

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