Crisafulli Finally Puts The Australia Day Debate To Bed By Overshadowing It With QUEENSLAND DAY!!!

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With Federal Parliament resuming, and our politicians met with a long list of agenda items that they would rather not talk about, it's only a matter of time until the annual 'Australia Day debate' returns to the headlines.

Australia Day falls on January 26, marking the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Harbour in 1788, when Governor Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack at Sydney Cove.

However, many Australians, particularly Indigenous people, see this view this date as a 'Day of Mourning' - due to the fact that it signifies the moment that First Nations people first became victims of a paternalistic and colonial disruption - with the ripple effects of the British invasion still prevalent in both the health, education and life expectancy gaps.

Every year, anti-Australia Day rallies take place in major cities, with thousands of protesters calling for the holiday to be scrapped or moved.

Likewise, conservatives will dig in their heels and tell Indigenous people to 'get over it'

One thing that is for certain, is that for two weeks of the year, our politicians get nothing done while they hide for cover underneath this tiresome culture war.

However, there seems to be one constituency that may have just put the debate to bed, finally.

Queensland.

Well known for their reactionary politics and common sense views, the Queenslanders are the last people that Australians would expect to take a constructive approach to this relentless cultural gridlock.

Furthermore, very few would expect the most popular conservative state government in Australia to have a crack at solving all of this.

However, like all things in Queensland, the anti-Australia Day march is just as staunch - with Aboriginal motorcycle clubs leading the thousands of vocal protestors rallies across the William Jolly Bridge every year.

It's for that reason that state Premier David Crisafulli sought to end this once and for all - by simply highlighting the fact that Queenslanders are far prouder of being from Queensland than they are of being associated with this ragtag collection of softcock southern states that make up 'Australia'.

"Queensland Day" he said.

"6th of June. We are going to hand out awards for the best lash techs, tradies and footy club volunteers"

"We are celebrating the day we separated from the colony of New South Wales."

"Nobody has a problem with this. You can celebrate Australia Day if you want, but it's kind of weird to get that excited about Sydney's birthday. Sydney's suss as"

"Go the Maroons"