{"id":355645,"date":"2026-01-26T11:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=355645"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:06:06","slug":"record-majority-of-australians-support-january-26-as-australia-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=355645","title":{"rendered":"Record Majority of Australians Support January 26 as Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Resolve Political Monitor survey from January 12-16 shows 68% of Australians favor keeping Australia Day on the traditional date, up from 47% in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support spans ages, with 55% of 18- to 34-year-olds and even higher among younger groups in separate polls backing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While critics like councillor Ahmed Ouf<\/a> call the date the start of catastrophe and ABC satire draws fire for historical claims, pro-celebration voices emphasize unity, with events like Brisbane’s march going ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Support spans ages, with 55% of 18- to 34-year-olds and even higher among younger groups in separate polls backing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":355646,"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":[19368,997,987],"class_list":["post-355645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-breaking-news","tag-ahmed-ouf","tag-australia-day","tag-brisbane"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t