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Herald Sun
Australia Day 2018: Thousands turn out for protest in Melbourne CBD
Herald Sun
Aboriginal elder Larry Walsh says that racial “profiling crap” needs to end, both for Indigenous Australians and other ethnicities blamed from crime in Melbourne #australiaday2018 @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/VUCZTEzie2. — Monique Hore (@moniquehore ...

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SBS
'Australia Day of shame': Thousands march in 'Invasion Day' protests
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Two inner-Melbourne councils - Yarra and Darebin - were banned by the federal government from hosting citizenship ceremonies after controversially voting not to recognise Australia Day on January 26. Those councils, along with Moreland City Council ...
Calls for greater diversity in Australia Day honoursNEWS.com.au
Australia Day: Celebrations and protests across the nationThe West Australian

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SBS
'Australia Day of shame': Thousands march in 'Invasion Day' protests
SBS
Aboriginal protesters who marched through Canberra to the historic Tent Embassy have described Australia Day as a "day of mourning". The Canberra march culminated in a smoking ceremony at the 46-year-old embassy, just outside Old Parliament House ...

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Daily Telegraph
Thousands gather for 'Invasion Day' protest march in Sydney
Daily Telegraph
Protesters are being encouraged to sign up to the Greens party and the Socialist Alliance. Organiser Ken Canning from Fighting In Resistance Equally said he hoped the Invasion Day rally would draw attention to indigenous deaths in custody and was ...

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Townsville Bulletin
Girramay elder explains why Aboriginals are angry about Australia Day
Townsville Bulletin
His children and grandchildren and great grandchildren have Anglo names, but they have Aboriginal names, tribal names and “skin” names, as well. These Aboriginal names are drawn from the creeks and the weather. He points to the south and says “that's ...

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ABC Online
What Central Australia's remote Aboriginal communities think of Australia Day
ABC Online
Celebrating Australia Day on the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet "celebrates illegal occupation", an Aboriginal community leader says. Yuendumu leader and Warlpiri researcher Simon Japangardi Fisher is one of three Aboriginal leaders in ...
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
Celebrating Indigenous finalists in the Australian of the Year AwardsSBS
Australia Day 2018: Richard Di Natale says indigenous not better off from settlementThe Australian
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ABC Online
What Central Australia's remote Aboriginal communities think of Australia Day
ABC Online
Celebrating Australia Day on the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet "celebrates illegal occupation", an Aboriginal community leader says. Yuendumu leader and Warlpiri researcher Simon Japangardi Fisher is one of three Aboriginal leaders in ...
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: It's shallow, meaningless, emotional rhetoric unrepresentative of the view of all ...The Advertiser
Australia Day explained: Why it's really held on 26 January and the push to change the dateSBS (blog)
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
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NEWS.com.au
30 surprising facts about Australia according to McCrindle Research and the ABS
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Mr McCrindle added that Australia is also much more multicultural than it has ever been before. “The latest census data showed us a changing of the guard, not only in that one in three Australians are born overseas, but more overseas born Australians ...

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The Guardian
Invasion Day protests: human rights observers to monitor Melbourne rally
The Guardian
Human rights observers are to attend the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne on Friday to monitor the way police respond to the protesters, Amnesty International has said. The Melbourne rally is the largest of those held around the country on 26 January ...

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The Guardian
Invasion Day protests: human rights observers to monitor Melbourne rally
The Guardian
Human rights observers are to attend the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne on Friday to monitor the way police respond to the protesters, Amnesty International has said. The Melbourne rally is the largest of those held around the country on 26 January ...

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and protests expected across the country
SBS
Citizenship ceremonies and backyard barbecues are bound to draw big crowds, but not all will be celebrating this year. NSW Governor David Hurley has helped kick-off Australia Day celebrations in the state with a speech acknowledging the controversy ...
Calls for greater diversity in Australia Day honoursNEWS.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and protests expected across the country
SBS
Citizenship ceremonies and backyard barbecues are bound to draw big crowds, but not all will be celebrating this year. NSW Governor David Hurley has helped kick-off Australia Day celebrations in the state with a speech acknowledging the controversy ...
Key quotes from Australia Day eventsNEWS.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and marches expected across the country
SBS
NSW Governor David Hurley kicked off Australia Day celebrations in the state with a speech acknowledging the controversy surrounding the holiday to mark the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney harbour. While recognising the importance of Australia Day ...

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and marches expected across the country
SBS
The governor was joined by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and about a 1000 people at Barangaroo on the harbour under a grey sky for the indigenous WugulOra morning ceremony to mark Australia Day. It included dancers, a smoking ceremony, the singing of ...

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ABC Online
What these Indigenous actors, writers and thinkers will be doing on January 26
ABC Online
Depending on who you are or how you feel about Australia Day, January 26 can be a cause for celebration, protest or barely worth a comment. Recent public debate has underscored how the day can be a source of pain or anger for many of Australia's ...
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
Australia Day explained: Why it's really held on 26 January and the push to change the dateSBS (blog)
'About the future and the past': NSW Labor to ink treaty with Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
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The Conversation AU
How to have a better conversation about Australia Day
The Conversation AU
You could read this as Abbott emphasising a narrative of “Australia as a success story”. And while he acknowledges in the article that “not everything's perfect in contemporary Australia” - referring to the disadvantage experienced by many Indigenous ...

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The Guardian
Morning mail: quantum physicist named Australian of the year
The Guardian
We have an editorial outlining the Guardian view on Australia Day, and Indigenous author Alexis Wright writes movingly about living in a nation that celebrates the colonisation of your ancestors' land. The British prime minister, Theresa May, has said ...
Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons: quantum leap for women in scienceThe Australian
Top scientist vying for atomic victorySBS

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The Cairns Post
CQU lecturer, Cairns woman, Yidinji elder Henrietta Marrie receives Order of Australia
The Cairns Post
A CULTURAL think tank, independently funded, and with the capacity to influence policies affecting indigenous Australians, will be one of the many legacies Henrietta Marrie will leave for her people. The Yidinji woman will be made a member of the Order ...

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The Cairns Post
CQU lecturer, Cairns woman, Yidinji elder Henrietta Marrie receives Order of Australia
The Cairns Post
The Yidinji woman will be made a member of the Order of Australia today for her significant service to the community as an advocate for indigenous cultural heritage and intellectual property rights, and to education. The CQU indigenous engagement ...

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SBS
Celebrations and protests on Australia Day
SBS
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove is urging Australians to embrace Australia Day to celebrate the rich history and culture of indigenous people and the contributions of migrants. As disagreement intensifies over shifting the national day from the ...

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