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Anthony Albanese’s brutal Australia Day message as debate rages over boycotts: ‘Just chill out’

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) was asked in Friday's National Press Club speech if he supported calls to boycott pubs and businesses that do not support the national day of celebration on January 26.

Anthony Albanese has hit out at Peter Dutton over his Australia Day comments, telling the opposition leader to “just relax”.

In Friday’s National Press Club speech the Prime Minister was asked if he supported calls to boycott pubs and businesses that do not support the national day of celebration on January 26.

“Sometimes I think Peter Dutton every year gets into a fight with an imaginary friend over something that most Australians just get along with,” Albanese told reporters.

‘One of the things Australia Day celebrates is the fact that we are not a Soviet-style command system.

‘You know, just relax! Get on with life. The debates over which company has thongs! Last year, he was… boycotting Woolworths, Australia’s largest employer.

‘Did I support that? No, I didn’t support it. “I support Australia Day.”

Albanese said he would take part in events in Canberra on Sunday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) was asked in Friday’s National Press Club speech if he supported calls to boycott pubs and businesses that do not support the national day of celebration on January 26.

Last week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that at least 154 councils will not welcome any new citizens on January 26 (pictured: Australia Day revelers at Cronulla Beach in 2022)

Last week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that at least 154 councils will not welcome any new citizens on January 26 (pictured: Australia Day revelers at Cronulla Beach in 2022)

“I hope Peter Dutton will join me in a bipartisan show of support for our national day in our national capital,” he added.

The Liberal Party leader promised to force councils to hold citizenship ceremonies on January 26 if elected.

In late 2022, the Albanian administration repealed a previous rule requiring councils to hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day.

At the time, Albanese insisted there was “no change here.” But this led to more than 80 councils last year deciding to scrap citizenship ceremonies on January 26, up from just four the previous year.

Last week, Daily Mail Australia revealed that at least 154 councils will not welcome any new citizens on January 26.

Australia Day, celebrated each year on January 26, marks the landing of the First Fleet in 1788, when the first governor of the British colony of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip, raised the Union Jack in Sydney Cove.

But for many indigenous people and younger Australians, it is regarded as “Invasion Day” or “Day of Mourning”, and protests are held in every major city each year.

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