Victoria Has No Plan to Restart Australia Day Parade

There will still be an aerial show, a 21-gun salute at the Shrine of Remembrance, and a flag-raising ceremony at Government House.

People dress in props to have their photo taken at an event to celebrate Australia Day in Albany, Western Australia, on Jan. 26, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

The Victorian Allan government has made no plans to reinstate its Australia Day parade, which was first cancelled in 2020.

Australia Day is a national public holiday, commemorating the date when Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Sydney Cove and raised the Union Jack.