Peter Dutton has pledged to require Australian councils to hold citizenship ceremonies on January 26, Australia Day, as part of his campaign to revert recent rule changes that allowed flexibility in ceremony dates, the ABC reports.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refrained from commenting on this promise and emphasized his commitment to attending the national celebrations in Canberra.

The date remains controversial, with many Indigenous Australians observing it as a day of mourning due to its association with the arrival of the British First Fleet and subsequent discrimination.