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Patriotism can be angry and stridently militaristic – or it can be a gentle pride in the success of an experiment like multiculturalism
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Australia — Paul Daley
Patriotism can be angry and stridently militaristic – or it can be a gentle pride in the success of an experiment like multiculturalism
Patriotism is always stubbornly absent in me on days of official national commemoration.
Australia Day – Invasion Day – has always left me cold for its divisiveness, historical asymmetry and exclusivity. Anzac Day, an unofficial national day for many, has never raised a patriotic shiver in me.
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Paul Daley is a Guardian Australia columnist
Patriotism is always stubbornly absent in me on days of official national commemoration.
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Source: The Guardian · Paul Daley. Published 25 Aug 2026, 03:00 pm.
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