{"id":355566,"date":"2026-01-26T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=355566"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:20:51","slug":"australia-day-sparks-debate-over-invasion-label-and-councillors-holocaust-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=355566","title":{"rendered":"Australia Day Sparks Debate Over Invasion Label and Councillor\u2019s Holocaust Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 26 commemorates the 1788 First Fleet arrival, celebrated by most Australians but mourned by some Indigenous groups as Invasion Day amid a history of population decline from disease, violence, and displacement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumberland City councillor Ahmed Ouf drew condemnation for social media videos claiming massacres and genocide after 1788, warning celebrations could lead to more violence; critics called for his deportation while polls show 76% support keeping the date. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-9-921x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355571\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.899162053220492;width:496px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-9-921x1024.png 921w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-9-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-9-768x854.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-9.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We are not interested in advice from Third World migrants on what should be done in Australia. Their advice is worse than useless.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Protests are planned in major cities like Sydney and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=melbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Melbourne\">Melbourne<\/a>, alongside counter-events affirming the tradition, as ABC satire and flag rumors add to the tensions ahead of barbecues and citizenship ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are not interested in advice from Third World migrants on what should be done in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":355572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,35],"tags":[19368,997,19366,19369],"class_list":["post-355566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-breaking-news","tag-ahmed-ouf","tag-australia-day","tag-australia-day-2026","tag-cumberland-city-council"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355573,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355566\/revisions\/355573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}