Auatralian Ambasador to Uk cans Australia Day celebrations, page-19

but Benny.... its an upper class twit show mate. its about offering a sacrifice to Empire - an anachronistic crawl up the British rectal sphincter, with putting lips and slippery tongue, for the sake a burnishing the colonial credentials. a freebie from the aristocracy.

cultural ties are addressed by tourism, not expensive dinners for the gentleman's club and old school tie brigade.