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Victoria's first female Aboriginal MP receives death threats over Australia Day comments
The New Daily
On Friday, Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion claimed not a single Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person had approached him about changing to date of Australia Day. He made his comments after one of the Prime Minister's Indigenous ...

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The West Australian
Former Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley urges Australia Day date change to boost health
The West Australian
Former Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley says changing the date of Australia Day would have an “almost direct”, positive impact on Aboriginal health. Joining the push to shift the national holiday from January 26, the Telethon Kids Institute patron ...

ABC Online
Victoria's first female Aboriginal MP receives death threats over Australia Day comments
ABC Online
Victoria's first female Aboriginal MP says she has been threatened with death and gang rape for her comments over Australia Day. Greens MP Lidia Thorpe has previously called for flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26 to recognise the crimes ...

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Toowoomba Chronicle
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Toowoomba Chronicle
How did we get to a place where so much time is wasted trying to trash Australia Day? Everyone knows Aboriginal people were here for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived. There isn't a thinking person in Australia who doesn't understand ...

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ABC Online
Victoria's first female Aboriginal MP receives death threats over Australia Day comments
ABC Online
Victoria's first female Aboriginal MP says she has been threatened with death and gang rape for her comments over Australia Day. Greens MP Lidia Thorpe has previously called for flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26 to recognise the crimes ...

Fraser Coast Chronicle
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Fraser Coast Chronicle
How did we get to a place where so much time is wasted trying to trash Australia Day? Everyone knows Aboriginal people were here for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived. There isn't a thinking person in Australia who doesn't understand ...

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Fraser Coast Chronicle
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Fraser Coast Chronicle
How did we get to a place where so much time is wasted trying to trash Australia Day? Everyone knows Aboriginal people were here for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived. There isn't a thinking person in Australia who doesn't understand ...

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Mackay Daily Mercury
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Mackay Daily Mercury
How did we get to a place where so much time is wasted trying to trash Australia Day? Everyone knows Aboriginal people were here for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived. There isn't a thinking person in Australia who doesn't understand ...

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Northern Star
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Northern Star
How did we get to a place where so much time is wasted trying to trash Australia Day? Everyone knows Aboriginal people were here for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived. There isn't a thinking person in Australia who doesn't understand ...

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Northern Star
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Northern Star
How did we get to a place where so much time is wasted trying to trash Australia Day? Everyone knows Aboriginal people were here for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived. There isn't a thinking person in Australia who doesn't understand ...

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Fraser Coast Chronicle
Mayor, Butchulla elder weigh in on Australia Day debate
Fraser Coast Chronicle
... of the region's Australia Day events. "Let's all celebrate the great things about being Australia," he said. "It's the best country in the world and we live in a great part of it." But Deputy Mayor George Seymour said he felt there should be a ...

Fraser Coast Chronicle
Mayor, Butchulla elder weigh in on Australia Day debate
Fraser Coast Chronicle
For several years, the Fraser Coast's Aboriginal community has marched in protest on January 26 - not Australia Day to them, but Invasion Day. For Mrs Gala, the date is divisive. "It's not my celebration," she said. The date marks the anniversary of ...

The Cairns Post
FNQ's Yarrabah to commemorate Survival Day on January 26
The Cairns Post
The Fijian-Australian performer said he was lending his talents to Yarrabah's Survival Day event in support of changing the date. “I'm in favour of a different day being called Australia Day but in the meantime we can do our best to celebrate the ...

The Cairns Post
FNQ's Yarrabah to commemorate Survival Day on January 26
The Cairns Post
The Fijian-Australian performer said he was lending his talents to Yarrabah's Survival Day event in support of changing the date. “I'm in favour of a different day being called Australia Day but in the meantime we can do our best to celebrate the ...

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Change the date? Councillors have their say on Australia Day
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Cr Richie Williamson said he believed Australia Day was a day of reflection about the nation's past. "To look forward to the bright future Australia has, we must acknowledge the wrongs and shortcomings of the past," he said. "It's also a day to be ...

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Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Change the date? Councillors have their say on Australia Day
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Cr Richie Williamson said he believed Australia Day was a day of reflection about the nation's past. "To look forward to the bright future Australia has, we must acknowledge the wrongs and shortcomings of the past," he said. "It's also a day to be ...

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Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Change the date? Councillors have their say on Australia Day
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Cr Richie Williamson said he believed Australia Day was a day of reflection about the nation's past. "To look forward to the bright future Australia has, we must acknowledge the wrongs and shortcomings of the past," he said. "It's also a day to be ...

Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Change the date? Councillors have their say on Australia Day
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
Cr Richie Williamson said he believed Australia Day was a day of reflection about the nation's past. "To look forward to the bright future Australia has, we must acknowledge the wrongs and shortcomings of the past," he said. "It's also a day to be ...

NT News
Australia Day plans to go ahead in Darwin on January 26 as usual
NT News
Interstate, three councils in Victoria have opted to ignore Australia Day, out of respect for indigenous people. The movement is being pushed by Greens Senator Richard Di Natale, who says the date will be changed “this decade”. However, at a federal ...

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Greens have a template for attacking Australia Day
The Australian
If they really thought about it, indigenous Australians would realise that British settlement most likely saved them from extinction. At the time of settlement, Aborigines were living in primitive conditions. Had one or the other of the European powers ...

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