As Australia Day looms it’s not surprising that Peter Dutton has yet again found another culture war to prosecute – this time against Woolworths’ decision not to stock Australia Day themed goods.

The approach worked with the Voice campaign but if this is going to be his main tactic in the year or so to the next election, he might need to get his advisors to look beyond US Republican tactics and have a closer look at what concerns the majority of voters.

According to a YouGov survey only 20% support his call to boycott Woolworths and Big W. Admittedly this is a bit more than the 15% who express positive support for the Woolworth’s decision but a staggering 65% get most people’s real priorities right saying their main concern was excessive price rises, not Australia Day merchandise.

Kmart abandoned Australia Day merchandise last year according to an interview Kmart MD, Ian Bailey, gave to The New Daily. He also said they wouldn’t bring back the merchandise even if they changed the day.

There is no record of Peter Dutton raising the issue back then and one wonders why he is suddenly concerned about the issue and not then. Of course, back then he was more concerned about Voice referendum disinformation and misinformation........

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