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NEWS.com.au
This could be the last Australia Day Hottest 100
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Ahead of this year's countdown, the station, which is always very careful with how the topic is broached, stated “we will continue to talk to indigenous communities, artists and our audience about the date of the Hottest 100 in future years. The ...
Triple J's Intense Review Of The 'Hottest 100' Date Will Last Most Of 2017Pedestrian TV
After 28 years, the Triple J Hottest 100 could play on Australia Day for the last timeNEWS.com.au
Triple j's Hottest 100: Everything you need to knowABC Online

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The Guardian
Posters celebrate Indigenous languages, 'the origins of Australia's multiculturalism' – video
The Guardian
For the past two years the Adelaide street artist Peter Drew has been placing thousands of posters all over Australia that celebrate multiculturalism. In his latest project, Real Australians Seek Welcome, Drew has designed new posters that acknowledge ...

Esperance Express
Perth youth group's rethink Australia Day video goes viral
Esperance Express
A video by a Perth-based youth foundation has gone viral after the group decided to add their voices to the growing movement of people opposed to Australia Day being held on January 26. Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness (ICEA) ...

Perth youth group's rethink Australia Day video goes viral
WAtoday
A video by a Perth-based youth foundation has gone viral after the group decided to add their voices to the growing movement of people opposed to Australia Day being held on January 26. Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness (ICEA) Foundation's ...

Australian cinema for Australia Day
The Conversation AU
The 26th of January marks a somewhat controversial day on the Australian calendar. Should one celebrate a date that symbolises the invasion of a continent and the beginning of the decimation of its indigenous population? Should we mourn this date?

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The Good Men Project
Aboriginal Australian Co-Existed With the Megafauna for at Least 17000 Years
The Good Men Project
Aboriginal people arrived in the Willandra some 50,000 years ago. It is always possible that earlier evidence for the First Australians in that landscape will be found in the future. The Zygomaturus specimen shows that people and megafauna co-existed ...

NEWS.com.au
After 28 years, the Triple J Hottest 100 could play on Australia Day for the last time
NEWS.com.au
“There's also discussions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media, language groups, and many of the indigenous artists featured on Triple J.” Since its 1989 debut, the Hottest 100 has taken on something of a cultural icon status, with many an ...
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Indigenous leaders offended by Australia Day lamb ad
Eternity News
The annual “Australia Day” celebrations already can be a difficult and disturbing time for indigenous people. But a new ad aimed at selling lamb has sparked frustration and dismay, despite its attempt to humorously endorse Australia's diversity and ...

An Alternative Australia Day
Pro Bono Australia
About the author: Justin Mohamed is the CEO of Reconciliation Australia. An Aboriginal man of the Gooreng Gooreng nation near Bundaberg in Queensland, Mohamed has spent the past 25 years working towards building a stronger and healthier nation for ...

Herald Sun
Melbourne University warns staff over offensive Australia Day celebrations
Herald Sun
The message was posted after a request by the university's indigenous development institute Murrup Barak. The institute's goal is to “make an enduring contribution to indigenous Australia through the transformative impact of education and employment ...
Changing the date of Australia Day won't change our past, says Joe HildebrandNEWS.com.au
Indigenous sorry business treads a well-worn trackThe Australian
Put an Indigenous MP in charge of Indigenous affairs. It's a good place to startThe Guardian
Pro Bono Australia -Geelong Advertiser -The Conversation AU
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Huffington Post Australia
When a remote indigenous community is in need, Australia's national support services can seem far away. Which is why the WA pilot program Critical Response Service has been given an extra $10 million to roll out in the Northern Territory and South ...

National Indigenous Times
Oz Day celebrates little but 'rising jingoism', says Amy McQuire OPINION
National Indigenous Times
As early as 1938, Aboriginal protestors lead by Jack Patten, Doug Nicholls, Bill Ferguson, William Cooper and Jack Kinchela, congregated at Town Hall in Sydney to mark the Aboriginal 'Day of Mourning' on the Australian 'Day of Rejoicing'. These ...

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The Conversation AU
Changing Australia Day is pointless – and there is much to celebrate
The Conversation AU
Consequently, some Aboriginal people and a number of other Australians see Australia Day as a day of mourning – as first marked in 1938 – while others simply believe it is offensive to Aboriginal Australians.. Darumbal woman Amy McQuire, for example, ...
Solving the problem of Australia DayOn Line opinion
Australia Day to Invasion Day: A difficult historyThe Canberra Times
NT town won't change Aust Day amid rallyYahoo7 News

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NT town won't change Aust Day amid rally | Daily Telegraph
dailytelegraph.com.au
The Alice Springs mayor says the Northern Territory town won't be changing the Australia Day date as protesters prepare to hold an Invasion Day rally.

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National Indigenous Times
What's on around Australia on what-ever-you-call-it Day
National Indigenous Times
Whether you call it Survival Day, Invasion Day or Australia Day, thousands of people will attend Indigenous concerts around Australia on January 26, while in some cities the controversial date will be marked with protest rallies. Here's a guide to some ...

The Advocate
Abetz defends pride in Australia Day
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"While Senator Abetz, like every non-Aboriginal Australian today, is not directly responsible for past dispossession and cruelty to Aboriginal people, he could think more deeply and exercise some sensitivity towards the Aboriginal voices calling for ...
Abetz slams date change campaignThe Advocate

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Abetz defends pride in Australia Day
9news.com.au
"While Senator Abetz, like every non-Aboriginal Australian today, is not directly responsible for past dispossession and cruelty to Aboriginal people, he could think more deeply and exercise some sensitivity towards the Aboriginal voices calling for ...

NEWS.com.au
Changing the date of Australia Day won't change our past, says Joe Hildebrand
NEWS.com.au
For those who mark Australia Day in any official capacity, indigenous Australians are emphatically represented, their culture celebrated and their dispossession acknowledged. For more recent arrivals than Arthur Phillip and his cargo of convicts it is ...
Indigenous sorry business treads a well-worn trackThe Australian
Put an Indigenous MP in charge of Indigenous affairs. It's a good place to startThe Guardian
Indigenous Homeless Hit Hardest By Funding UncertaintyPro Bono Australia
Geelong Advertiser -The Conversation AU
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NEWS.com.au
Why changing the date won't change a thing
NEWS.com.au
Or, as said by the “proud part-Aboriginal” Anthony Dillon from the ACU's Institute for Positive Psychology and Education: “For those who feel it is their mission to insist that non-Aboriginal Australians should somehow feel guilty for past sins, your ...
The markers of everyday racism in AustraliaThe Conversation AU
Australia Day Is Stained With Blood And It's Time We Moved ItHuffington Post Australia
Australian style: meet the designers at the forefront of contemporary ...Domain News
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Pedestrian TV
Triple J's Intense Review Of The 'Hottest 100' Date Will Last Most Of 2017
Pedestrian TV
The Hottest 100 has again partnered with AIME (the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) for the 2016 countdown. The station revealed today that listeners have raised over $105,000 for the organisation, which helps to close the gap in educational ...

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