Redbridge Group Director Simon Welsh says the “million-dollar-question” is when to change the date of Australia Day to but is only a “matter of time” until it does.
“You get some folk that talk about, what about the date of federation – but then others will say, well that’s no good for me from a public holiday perspective,” Mr Welsh told Sky News Australia.
“From a political sense, it’s a matter of time – companies are doing their own market research, they’re making their decisions about these sorts of things, I honestly think it’s a matter of time.”
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