{"id":199822,"date":"2018-01-26T12:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=199822"},"modified":"2020-09-02T18:19:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:19:44","slug":"the-south-burnetts-australia-day-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/01\/26\/the-south-burnetts-australia-day-stuff-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The South Burnett&#8217;s Australia Day Stuff-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/editorial-d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-77900\" title=\"Editorial\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/editorial-d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/editorial-d.jpg 210w, 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an internal mix-up at the South Burnett Regional Council, they were still sent invitations to the awards night &#8230; generating all the usual pride, excitement and expectation.<\/p>\n<p>Only to be snubbed on the night, echoing the common racial exclusions of past decades.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine a worse scenario, particularly in the context of the national debate over the future of January 26 celebrations?<\/p>\n<p>This embarrassing stuff-up caused hurt, anger and then a flurry of comments on social media<\/p>\n<p><strong>southburnett.com.au understands that apologies have now been made and suggestions put forward to include Cherbourg residents in future SBRC awards, although this has not yet been decided.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But this incident illustrates just how far we all have to go to develop sensitivity, overcome mistrust and build bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Now back to snags, songs, suncream and silly games which, of course, would be just as much fun on January 1 as January 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