00:00 You are in the best state, in the best country in the world.
00:09 The Premier welcoming the country's new citizens who've chosen Western Australia as their home.
00:20 I've been here for 18 years and I came when I was 18, so I've been here most of my life
00:25 and I call this home.
00:28 This is very exciting, I'm very honoured, this is very emotional, it's a beautiful country,
00:33 it's beautiful to be here.
00:38 The Governor says it's a day of unity, bringing different cultures together here in WA.
00:46 You've made an election to be part of Australia and while there's some debate over it, in
00:52 fact even the date that we celebrate Australia Day today, but this is a day of hope, this
00:58 is a day for our future and a day that we should celebrate together as one.
01:03 But there are different ideas about what that unity looks like.
01:10 You can see this huge crowd behind me here in Perth, CBD really mirrors that groundswell
01:15 of support that we've seen around the country to abolish or change the date of Australia
01:20 Day but organisers at this rally say that's just one part of a much bigger puzzle of how
01:26 to address the systemic disadvantages faced by First Nations Australians.
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