The Greens are planning a major new national campaign to change the date of Australia Day, with federal leader Richard Di Natale listing the controversial push as one of his top priorities for 2018.

Senator Di Natale says his team will coordinate with more than 100 Greens councillors scattered across the country to support the "change the date" movement and turbocharge the public debate.

He wants more local councils to follow the lead of Yarra, Darebin and Fremantle, which have all made some moves to dump Australia Day celebrations from January 26 and move them to a different day.