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Pat Cummins calls for Australia Day date to be changed<!-- wp:html --><div> <p class="author-section byline-plain">By Antoinette Milienos for Daily Mail Australia </p> <p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> 8:38 PM EST, January 22, 2024 </span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> 8:45 PM EST, January 22, 2024 </span> </p> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/sport/cricket/article/other/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]>>--> <!-- <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]>>--> <!--<!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]>>--> <!-- <!--[if IE 8]>--></p> <p> <!--[if IE 9]>--></p> <p> <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!--</p> <p> <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at http://www.omniture.com --> </p> <p> <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. --> <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!--<!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!-- <!-- CWV --></p> <div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has called for the date of Australia Day to be changed.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Test captain said January 26 was the wrong date to celebrate Australia Day and urged the government to change it to a “more appropriate date”. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Cummins told a press conference in Brisbane for Cricket for Climate on Tuesday that the date for Australia Day had been discussed for the past four to five years. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">‘My personal opinion is that I absolutely love Australia, it is by far the best country in the world. And I think we should have an Australia Day,” he explained.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“But I think we can probably find a more appropriate day to celebrate it… It means different things to different people.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">More to come </p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/sport/cricket/article/other/inread_player.html --></p> <div class="column-content cleared"> <div class="shareArticles"> <h3 class="social-links-title">Share or comment on this article: Pat Cummins calls for Australia Day date to be changed</h3> </div> </div> </div><!-- /wp:html -->

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Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has called for the date of Australia Day to be changed.

The Test captain said January 26 was the wrong date to celebrate Australia Day and urged the government to change it to a “more appropriate date”.

Cummins told a press conference in Brisbane for Cricket for Climate on Tuesday that the date for Australia Day had been discussed for the past four to five years.

‘My personal opinion is that I absolutely love Australia, it is by far the best country in the world. And I think we should have an Australia Day,” he explained.

“But I think we can probably find a more appropriate day to celebrate it… It means different things to different people.”

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