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NZ Maori win first indigenous football internationals
BBC News
New Zealand Maori football teams competed against indigenous Australian teams this weekend, in the first ever international matches between teams of indigenous peoples from either sides of the Tasman Sea. Male and female Maori Football Te Ikaroa teams ...

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Herald Sun
Rita Panahai: Celebrities, just stick to the day job
Herald Sun
Despite the years of media coverage painting the day as deeply divisive, only 6 per cent of Australians felt negatively towards Australia Day. Sadly, it's that 6 per cent who are given disproportionate coverage in the media. Among migrants, support for ...

Herald Sun
Rita Panahai: Celebrities, just stick to the day job
Herald Sun
Despite the years of media coverage painting the day as deeply divisive, only 6 per cent of Australians felt negatively towards Australia Day. Sadly, it's that 6 per cent who are given disproportionate coverage in the media. Among migrants, support for ...

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Herald Sun
Koorie Youth Council keeps Invasion Day rally under wraps
Herald Sun
Organiser Tarneen Onus-Williams, who is also an executive of the council, today labelled 3AW radio host Neil Mitchell a racist for challenging the decision. Invasion Day rally organiser Tarneen Onus-Williams. Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian ...
'Invasion Day' protest organiser refuses to answer questions, calls Neil Mitchell a racist3AW

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Herald Sun
Koorie Youth Council keeps Invasion Day rally under wraps
Herald Sun
Invasion Day rally organiser Tarneen Onus-Williams. Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian. Ms Onus-Williams said: “You're questioning my legitimacy as a sovereign person of this land by asking me to deal with police. “We are Aboriginal people ...

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NRL.COM
Thurston's Australia Day stance wins NRL-wide support
NRL.COM
Soward, a three-time Indigenous All Star during a 231-game career with the Sydney Roosters, St George Illawarra Dragons and Penrith Panthers, commended Thurston's work for the indigenous community for which he has been nominated for Australian of the ...
Thurston: Australians "need to be educated" on Australia Day dateFourFourTwo Australia
Soward: Don't judge Williams' anthem plea to ThurstonSporting News
Johnathan Thurston calls for "national chat" on Australia DayPickle
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
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Goulburn Post
Australia Day alienates nation's indigenous heritage
Goulburn Post
The national story, as told in today's narrative, began in 1787 when 11 ships carrying 775 convicts set off from England, leaving behind homes and hopes. In the 19th century, hunger, social greed and religious persecution were a few factors that led ...

Community Newspaper Group
Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt says Australian republic is inevitable
Community Newspaper Group
INDIGENOUS federal frontbencher Ken Wyatt says the debate over a new date for Australia Day will stop when the nation becomes a republic, a change he suggests is inevitable within the next 10 years. He believes the momentum for a republic would be ...
How We Came To Realise The Hypocrisy Of Australia DayJunkee
Anzac Day more important than January 26, says McGowanThe Australian

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Community Newspaper Group
Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt says Australian republic is inevitable
Community Newspaper Group
INDIGENOUS federal frontbencher Ken Wyatt says the debate over a new date for Australia Day will stop when the nation becomes a republic, a change he suggests is inevitable within the next 10 years. He believes the momentum for a republic would be ...
How We Came To Understand The Hypocrisy Of Australia DayJunkee
Anzac Day more important than January 26, says McGowanThe Australian
Invading Aboriginals Was a 'Good Thing' For Everybody Says Former Australian LeaderNewsweek

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Junkee
How We Came To Understand The Hypocrisy Of Australia Day
Junkee
This week Junkee is publishing a series, produced by young Australian writers, called “This Is Why I Don't Celebrate Australia Day”. –. January 26, 2018 marks the 80th anniversary of the 'Day of Mourning' declared by Aboriginal elders who spoke out ...
Invading Aboriginals Was a 'Good Thing' For Everybody Says Former Australian LeaderNewsweek

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The Guardian (blog)
Australia Day's barbecue stopper is the same every year | Paul ...
The Guardian (blog)
By the time of the first formal protest in 1938, 26 January had already long been an Indigenous day of mourning.
Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt says Australian republic is inevitable ...Community Newspaper Group
If Indigenous voices can't even be heard on Australia Day, what ...UNSW Newsroom
Inner Sydney leaders weigh in to Australia Day debateDaily Telegraph
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The Guardian (blog)
Australia Day's barbecue stopper is the same every year | Paul ...
The Guardian (blog)
By the time of the first formal protest in 1938, 26 January had already long been an Indigenous day of mourning.
Australia Day: British 'benefited from dispossession of indigenous'The Australian
First Fleet 'good' for Indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott saysThe Sydney Morning Herald
'He's an idiot': Abbott's First Fleet 'good' for Aboriginal people comment met with outrageSBS
The Conversation AU -UNSW Newsroom -NEWS.com.au -The Australian
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FourFourTwo Australia
Thurston: Australians "need to be educated" on Australia Day date
FourFourTwo Australia
"I think we need to have a national chat about it, and I think Australians need to be educated on why some Indigenous Australians, Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, aren't fans of or aren't associated with January 26," Thurston said. "I think ...
Soward: Don't judge Williams' anthem plea to ThurstonSporting News
Johnathan Thurston calls for "national chat" on Australia DayPickle

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Stars of Sweet Country embrace the Western
The Australian
"When you see this film in another country, people have heard about Australia and maybe seen it but when you go to the landscape as it's presented there it's extraordinary," he said. "And then you've got our indigenous people presented there and most ...

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Your noon Briefing
The Australian
Indigenous leader Jackie Huggins has hit back at Tony Abbott's claim that indigenous people have benefited from the arrival of the First Fleet, saying the British who settled in Australia benefited from the dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Your noon Briefing
The Australian
Indigenous leader Jackie Huggins has hit back at Tony Abbott's claim that indigenous people have benefited from the arrival of the First Fleet, saying the British who settled in Australia benefited from the dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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Your noon Briefing
The Australian
Indigenous leader Jackie Huggins has hit back at Tony Abbott's claim that indigenous people have benefited from the arrival of the First Fleet, saying the British who settled in Australia benefited from the dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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ABC Online
Australia Day should be January 1 — the symbolism is perfect
ABC Online
Australian federation was marred by the exclusion of Aboriginal people and the enactment of the White Australia policy. Yet by this document, Australia was conceived as a democracy. Citizens were given the power through the ballot box to change the ...

UNSW Newsroom
If Indigenous voices can't even be heard on Australia Day, what hope have we got?
UNSW Newsroom
At the barest of minimums, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community are begging the government and our fellow citizens to acknowledge the truth about our history, our hardship and our heartbreak since invasion. Those who advocate to keep the ...
Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt says Australian republic is inevitableCommunity Newspaper Group

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SBS
My Australia: Linda Burney - 'I grew up not knowing my Aboriginal family'
SBS
'My Australia' is a special SBS News series exploring cultural heritage and identity, and asking what it means to be Australian in 2018. Linda Burney made history when she became the first Indigenous woman to serve in the House of Representatives in ...

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