Third Vic council plans Australia Day move

A third Melbourne council will vote on whether to move Australia Day away from January 26 out of respect for Aboriginal people.

Moreland City Council will vote next Wednesday on whether to dump the date following decisions by Yarra and Darebin councils to move their citizenship ceremonies away from Australia Day.

"We see the pain it causes them (Aboriginal people) and they talk about the suffering that the day represents," Moreland councillor Samantha Ratnam told AAP.

An earlier proposal to change the date of Moreland's January 26 citizenship ceremony was voted down in June.

"This motion is even more broad-reaching than that action because it explicitly commits council to that 'change the date' campaign," Cr Ratnam said.

Moreland in 2015 moved its annual citizen awards ceremony to October.

The federal government last month stripped Yarra and Darebin councils of their right to host citizenship ceremonies after successful votes to shift them to another day.