Leila McKinnon beams with pride as her son makes a stand Australia discovery

Nine star Leila McKinnon has shared her pride at her young son Ted ‘correcting’ a question about who ‘discovered’ Australia. 

Nine Honey reported the star shared her school-aged son’s homework which gave a spiel about Captain Cook ‘discovering’ the country. 

‘He did not discover Australia,’ Ted wrote, with him also crossing out ‘discovered’ in the question component of the textbook. 

Leila was supportive of Ted with her beaming with pride at his acknowledgement of Australia’s First Nations people.   

‘2022 and Ted’s homework book [is] still saying that Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia,’ she wrote on Instagram stories.

‘Ted put it right,’ she added. 

It comes after rising protests with many Australians feeling it necessary to change the date of Australia Day to a more inclusive day.    

Sydney’s CBD was brimming with thousands of activists on Wednesday, while plenty of protestors ignored rain in Brisbane to attend an ‘Invasion Day’ rally.

A speaker at the rally in the Harbour City told the passionate crowd now was the opportune time to change the date of Australia Day from January 26.

‘Today’s a national holiday where you’re told to go and have a bbq and a beer…. to celebrate our genocide,’ she said.

‘I pay my respects to all First Nations here, to all of us feeling proud to be here today but yet sad in knowing why we have to stand here. 

Meanwhile, millions of other Aussies flocked to the country’s picturesque beaches to spend time with friends and family on the day. 

Many taking the opportunity to enjoy a drink and celebrate the wonderful positives of living in Australia. 

Leila married David Gyngell, the son of the late legendary Channel Nine boss Bruce Gyngell, in 2004.

They share two children: son Edmund, nine, and daughter Gwendolen, seven.

The couple sold their $8.4million Dover Heights home in Sydney in December 2019, and are now based on the Byron Bay hinterland.