Australia Day a celebration of a 'wonderful country': Fairfield Mayor

Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone says he sees Australia Day as a celebration of "a wonderful country". “I mean we have people that have risked their lives to come to this country they have left the lands where they were born and they’ve come here to be Australians,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray. “So why should we be divided why not united? “We have to stay together as one we’ve got a wonderful country and I think there is nothing more special than celebrating the wonderful things of this country. “And I think we all need to stand up for those things. “We want our children to believe in our country to believe in our people and for us to be united. “I think far too often we see organisations that actually try and tell us what to think and what to do and what’s right and what’s wrong.”