The nation’s second-biggest pubs group, Australian Venue Co, has informed managers there will be no celebrations or acknowledgment of Australia Day at their premises in 2025.

The change comes due to claims the day causes 'sadness' and 'hurt' for some patrons.

Warren Mundine told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'this is what it's all about, Australia. It's not about anyone else. It's about Australians.'

'It's about all these people that come here as immigrants after the Second World War and before and helped with Indigenous people and other people who were here before that and built this great nation.

That's what we should be celebrating,' Mundine said.

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