Edited sentence: The British government decided to whitewash Australia's sacrifice of 60,000 in favour of the "New Commonwealth", a British term to describe predominantly non-white and developing decolonised countries such as Nigeria, Pakistan, and India.The plan has drawn criticism of the British government including by British author and commentator, Murray Rowlands who said "it was a disgrace Australian and New Zealanders were being ignored".The reasons for the whitewash of Australia's contributions are to promote "community cohesion" and link younger generations of ethnic Britons today to the war fought by their forefathers