Whittlesea and Hume councils will welcome new Australian citizens tomorrow as a celebration of Australia Day.
Both councils will not be holding any other activities specific to the day, following previous decisions to move citizen awards away from January 26.
However, many residents of the fast growing suburbs will be calling themselves new citizens on the day.
Whittlesea chief executive Craig Lloyd said his municipality will welcome 200 people as new citizens this week.
Mr Lloyd said four citizenship ceremonies will be held online, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
“While we are not holding any activities on January 26, our Summer Series program is running throughout January and February,” he said.
“This features smaller scale COVID-safe local music and family friendly activities across the city of Whittlesea.”
Hume mayor Carly Moore said the council would also be hosting a citizenship ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the municipality’s newest citizens.
There will not be any council-run events on the day.
