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THE Surf Coast Shire will begin advocating to the federal government for Australia Day to be moved to the last weekend in January, but will not return to formally recognising January 26 as the country’s national day.

On Tuesday, at its scheduled meeting, the council received an officer’s report about the impacts of celebrating Australia Day on January 26, revisiting a debate first sparked in February about whether the shire should revert to acknowledging the date .

Cr Adrian Schonfelder quickly raised a motion, successfully carried 5-4, encouraging the council to continue its advocacy to the federal government, but to also offer the last weekend in January as the new date for Australia Day to provide the community more “certainty” about the event’s future.

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