PORT PHILLIP could become the fourth Melbourne council to scrap Australia Day.

Greens councillor Ogy Simic has put forward the motion to review the council’s Australia Day activities.

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The motion, which councillors are due to vote on next Wednesday night, calls for a “formal and transparent consultation process” with local indigenous representatives about the issue.

In the past two months Yarra, Darebin and Moreland councils have all voted to no longer recognise Australia Day on January 26.

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The decisions led to the Federal Government stripping Yarra and Darebin councils of their powers to conduct citizenship ceremonies.

The motion seeks to consult with “elders of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung, other local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and local indigenous organisations” but does not specify whether the wider community will also be consulted.

Cr Andrew Bond said the motion was not a local government issue and was “the kind of self-indulgence” that “drives Port Phillip’s residents mad”.

“The Greens didn’t attend the City of Port Phillip’s Australia Day celebrations earlier this year, and are now trying to make changes to Port Phillip’s Australia Day activities,” he said.

“This is a bit like calling for the banning of a movie you haven’t actually watched.”