Keep it separate, pick some other day, there's 350-odd others an argument could be made for.
Ok, so how about you throw a suggestion out there that will appease the majority?
I've done that and put forward a suggested good reason why, and you have kyboshed it because you'll lose a public holiday. FMD.
I suggested an alternative where you won't lose it, and all you've offered is another 350 days of possible alternatives. Lol.
Ok, instead of being so vague, try and come up with a solution.
It is attitudes like this that shit me and why Australia Day is so divisive.