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Australia Day: Clashes between police and protesters erupt at Sydney Invasion Day march
ABC Online
... the date was something for Australians to consider. Hobart had their largest crowd to date at the protest, with Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre president, David Warrener, telling the crowd the date was not appropriate and it continued to be a day of ...
5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous historyThe Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Day 2017: Why a date change won't change our past | Joe ...NEWS.com.au
Indigineous pain remembered in SydneySky News Australia
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The Mercury
Big turnout at Hobart rally
The Mercury
Opposition Aboriginal Affairs spokeswoman Madeleine Ogilvie said Labor was open to discussions about the date of Australia Day and a treaty for Aboriginal Tasmanians. “There is no need to fear discussions,” she said. Former Greens leader Bob Brown, ...

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Sky News Australia
'Invasion Day' protests turn violent
Sky News Australia
Thousands of protesters marched through across the nation on Australia Day labelling the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 as a 'day of killing' rather than the birth of a nation. The crowd, many draped in Aboriginal flags, gathered in Redfern on ...

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Indigenous leader on Australia Day: 'We're not being heard'
The Queensland Times
ONE of Ipswich's most prominent Indigenous leaders has weighed in on the Australia Day date change debate. The question of whether Australia's national day should be moved from January 26 - the date associated with colonization and a loss of identity ...

The Australian
Australia Day: Malcolm Turnbull rejects calls for date change
The Australian
“That doesn't mean we need to deny any parts of our heritage and parts of our history whether it's our colonial heritage, our settlement history, our deep and long indigenous history, our post-war migration, the coming of refugees to Australia,” Mr ...
Malcolm Turnbull's 2017 Australia Day message – videoThe Guardian

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ABC Online
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce says
ABC Online
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and senior cabinet ministers including Barnaby Joyce and Scott Morrison have dismissed calls to change the date of Australia Day, despite comments by the Prime Minister's Indigenous advisor and a former cabinet minister.
Australia Day: let's shift it for a truly national celebrationThe Australian
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia DayBallarat Courier
Australia Day 2017: Barnaby Joyce rubbishes change date callNEWS.com.au
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The Sydney Morning Herald
How to show solidarity with Indigenous Australians this Invasion Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
In the lead-up to Invasion Day 2016, Buzzfeed Australia released a video entitled, Aboriginal People Respond To 'Australia Day'. Generally speaking, I haven't been much of a fan of the various Buzzfeed 'Respond' videos. Many of them seem to be focused ...
Indigenous institute's Australia Day message 'PC gone mad'The Australian
Why Indigenous people want to change the date of Australia Day9news.com.au
Most Indigenous Australians want date and name of Australia Day changed, poll findsThe Guardian
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ABC Online
Australia Day: Changing date 'pointless — and there is much to celebrate'
ABC Online
In response to my words "Australia is a great country to live in", some will immediately retort: 'Well, it's not so great for many Aboriginal people.' I agree, and this should never be forgotten. But how will protesting about the date and Australia Day ...
Changing the date of Australia Day won't change our past, says Joe HildebrandNEWS.com.au
Australia gets its first aboriginal ministerThe Economist
How do LGBTI Aboriginal Australians really feel about Australia Day?Gay Star News
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SBS
Celebrations, citizenship ceremonies, protests mark Australia Day
SBS
An indigenous ceremony at Barangaroo was held in Sydney before the Australian and Aboriginal flags are raised on the Harbour Bridge. The NSW governor has acknowledged pain and mixed emotions that January 26 evokes within Australia's Aboriginal ...
New citizens welcomed for Australia DaySky News Australia

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Goondiwindi Argus
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia Day
Goondiwindi Argus
Describing himself as a "conservative, Anglo-Celtic Australian," Mr Macfarlane has said that the day was inherently divisive because it commemorated what many Indigenous Australians regard as an invasion. He likened it to the idea of a Scottish person ...
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce saysABC Online
Turnbull rejects Australia Day date-changeSky News Australia
Barnaby Joyce ridicules 'change the date' campaignNEWS.com.au
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Ballarat Courier
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia Day
Ballarat Courier
Describing himself as a "conservative, Anglo-Celtic Australian," Mr Macfarlane has said that the day was inherently divisive because it commemorated what many Indigenous Australians regard as an invasion. He likened it to the idea of a Scottish person ...
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce saysABC Online
Turnbull rejects Australia Day date-changeSky News Australia
Australia Day 2017: Barnaby Joyce rubbishes change date callNEWS.com.au
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ABC Online
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce says
ABC Online
"Most Aboriginal Indigenous people want to celebrate Australia Day and they feel they are Australians, that they are part of the Australian community," he said. Mr Mundine said the date marked Indigenous people losing their land, massacres, people ...
Joyce slams Australia Day date fussNEWS.com.au
Barnaby Joyce ridicules 'change the date' campaignThe Cairns Post

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SBS
Australia Day pain noted at Sydney ceremony
SBS
The NSW governor has acknowledged pain and mixed emotions that January 26 evokes within Australia's Aboriginal people at an indigenous ceremony on Sydney Harbour. Governor David Hurley told the crowd of several hundred at Barangaroo Point ...

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Central Telegraph
YOUR SAY: 'Why I want Australia Day moved from January 26'
Central Telegraph
THE Fraser Coast Chronicle spoke to an Indigenous Australian about why she wants the date of Australia Day to change. Dimity Shillingsworth is a proud Wakka Wakka woman who lives on the Fraser Coast, and is one of the organisers of a march along ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Bonnie Sveen makes emotional stand: 'I hope that this is the last Australia Day'
dailytelegraph.com.au
“May you be respected and honoured by all today, especially non indigenous Australians. I recognise that the European settlement (my ancestors) tore apart your families, treated you brutally and stole your sacred land. I acknowledge that those actions ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
Describing himself as a "conservative, Anglo-Celtic Australian," Mr Macfarlane has said that the day was inherently divisive because it commemorated what many Indigenous Australians regard as an invasion. He likened it to the idea of a Scottish person ...

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SBS
Former minister calls to move Australia Day to March 1
SBS
He thought "Bloody ABC" when Triple J announced 2017 would be the last Australia Day with its famous Hottest 100, because of the offence the celebration was causing to indigenous Australians. "Then Fremantle City Council announced it was cancelling its ...

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Ballarat Courier
Ballarat's Order of Australia Medal recipients
Ballarat Courier
Order of Australia recipient and Aboriginal rights activist Neville Oddie would rather his Australia Day honour was conferred on another day. Mr Oddie was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to conservation and reconciliation on Thursday.

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5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous history
The Age
The Yabun festival is held annually and organised by the Gadigal Information Service Aboriginal Corporation, and is heralded as one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in Australia. There will be a smoking ceremony and a keynote address by ...

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5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous history
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Yabun festival is held annually and organised by the Gadigal Information Service Aboriginal Corporation, and is heralded as one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in Australia. There will be a smoking ceremony and a keynote address by ...

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