{"id":29182,"date":"2017-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/a-melbourne-council-has-voted-to-boycott-australia-day\/"},"modified":"2017-08-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T00:00:00","slug":"a-melbourne-council-has-voted-to-boycott-australia-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/a-melbourne-council-has-voted-to-boycott-australia-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Melbourne Council Has Voted To Boycott Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A member of the inner city Melbourne council that will no longer recognise January 26 as Australia Day says she knows the move won\u2019t be popular.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cChange like this, which is so important, we\u2019re wiling to take leadership on it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/podcast-16-Aug-2017\">City of Yarra Councillor MiLin Chen Yi Mei told FIVEAA breakfast on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognise it\u2019s not going to be a very popular move, but for change to really happen, and for us to sit up and question why we celebrate a national day on a day that\u2019s not inclusive to a very important part of our community, has to be questioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChange doesn\u2019t necessarily come from a popular view. 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