‘Shameful’: Australians have ‘had enough’ of criticism of their long-held beliefs

Bondi Partners Senior Advisor Peter McGauran says Peter Dutton’s boycott of Woolworths for their “shameful” actions means he thinks Australians have “had enough” of the criticism of their long-held beliefs. Woolworths Group, which also owns Big W, has said it will not be selling any special Australia Day merchandise in 2024. In response, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton called for Australians to ‘boycott’ Woolworths. “For many … it’s Invasion Day … but they are a minority; a majority of Australians are just going to go about Australia Day as they always do and celebrate it in a uniquely Australian way – nobody should be interrupting that right,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia. “Peter Dutton has called for a boycott of Woolworth – obviously, that is not in the interest of the 200,000 Australians who work for Woolworths – it might have a bit of a sugar hit, but it won’t be sustained. “Peter Dutton is a deliberative politician; he never says anything off the top of his head or unprepared. “For him to call for a boycott of Woolworths, knowing that it’s an economic nonsense … means he believes, either by way of political judgement or by way of research, that Australians have had enough of minorities criticism of their long-held belief.”