Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

The Queensland Times
Letters to the Editor, Monday, January 22, 2018
Courier Mail
Constitutional reform in regard to Indigenous recognition together with a change to becoming a republic would be the pathway to achieve this. A direct election model for a republic allowing all Australians to vote for the head of state who in turn had ...
Why Australia Day should stay as it isThe Queensland Times
Cara Jenkin: Don't change the date of Australia Day on January 26 – change the meaningThe Advertiser

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The Queensland Times
Why Australia Day should stay as it is
The Queensland Times
January 26 is approaching and that means another round of the Australia Day debate. I'll be straight up - I think Australia Day should remain where it is. Now before the left unleashes its moral outrage, let me tell you why. The argument is that the ...
Nothing sacred about Australia Day but politicians refuse to admit itIllawarra Mercury
Aussies laid again about Australia Day dateLuxora Leader

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ABC Online
Sugarbag bee honey a feast from nature, with stingless insects creating delicious outback bush tucker
ABC Online
Bee researcher Tobias Smith said there were about 600 species of stingless bees globally, and 11 in Australia. "There are two groups of stingless bees in Australia — the tetragonula bees on the coast and the inland austroplebeia," he said. "Stingless ...

NT News
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner puts support behind Australia Day on January 26
NT News
Although acknowledging the date of the national holiday was divisive, Mr Gunner said Australia Day should be about unity. “January 26 must meaningfully acknowledge the entire story of our nation. This means more than acknowledgement of country and a ...

Courier Mail
Australia Day: Johnathan Thurston calls for respect in date change debate
Courier Mail
Tensions have again escalated ahead of Australia Day, with a furious debate about whether the date should be moved out of respect for indigenous Australians. “The nation needs to have a good, long conversation about this issue before any decisions ...

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Courier Mail
Johnathan Thurston's daughters have broadened his vision for the future
Courier Mail
“I'd also like to see a change in early childhood learning for our culture and I think it's a national issue making sure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families are accessing kindies and early childhood learning.” Thurston said he was recently ...

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Australia Day: Johnathan Thurston calls for respect in date change debate
Herald Sun
Tensions have again escalated ahead of Australia Day, with a furious debate about whether the date should be moved out of respect for indigenous Australians. “The nation needs to have a good, long conversation about this issue before any decisions ...

The Canberra Times
'Daggers drawn' in Australia Day debate as Canberrans reveal ...
The Canberra Times
"Australia didn't start being for Australians until 1901 [Federation Day]," said NCIS director Professor Mick Dodson.

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Illawarra Mercury
Nothing sacred about Australia Day but politicians refuse to admit it
Illawarra Mercury
The only cows associated with January 26 are the ones in sausage form. Illustration: Matt Davidson. Opinion. Along with the obnoxious ads demanding we eat lamb, and bikinis featuring the Australian flag, the run up to January 26 is traditionally filled ...
Many assist Australia Day date change from January 26Luxora Leader

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The Mercury
Is Australia Day a day to party, or to protest?
The Mercury
Even the partygoers will notice a change in the airwaves this year, with radio station Triple J moving its Hottest 100 countdown from January 26 to the following day, in acknowledgment of the “increasing debate” about the day's meaning for indigenous ...

Herald Sun
GOLDOC issues invites to Comm Games staff to celebrate Invasion Day as critics call it PC gone mad
Herald Sun
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to come clean and let Queenslanders know of her political correct agenda or pull Commonwealth Games organisers into line and rule out this PC rubbish.” Commonwealth Games staff have been invited to an “Invasion Day ...
Editorial: Stop playing politically correct gamesCourier Mail

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The New Daily
Indigenous MP Lidia Thorpe sends kids away after 'Australia Day' threats of death and gang rape
The New Daily
Ms Thorpe told The New Daily she stood by her calls for Australians to fly the flag at half-mast on Australia Day in recognition that many Indigenous Australians regard the day the First Fleet arrived as an invasion. The Greens have advocated for ...

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The Advertiser
Australia Day controversy aboriginal leaders respond | Adelaide Now
The Advertiser
It should be a day of celebration, of everything that is good about our sunburnt country, but for many the injustices of the past are just too painful. Here five prominent indigenous South Australians share their views on Australia Day with Rebecca ...
'Daggers drawn' in Australia Day debate as Canberrans reveal ...The Canberra Times
John Bertrand hits out at councils for banning Australia DayHerald Sun
Rex Gardner: We should unite on Australia Day | The MercuryThe Mercury
Daily Telegraph -Gold Coast Bulletin
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Herald Sun
John Bertrand hits out at councils for banning Australia Day
Herald Sun
“I know it is offensive to some indigenous groups ... but Australia Day is still worth celebrating, until we have a genuine proposal for another celebration on the table,” he said. John Bertrand has hit out at councils that dumped Australia Day ...

Junkee
“I'm Not Going Away”: Indigenous MP Lidia Thorpe Responds To Australia Day Death Threats
Junkee
The date of Australia Day has been a point of contention in recent times. On Monday federal Greens leader Richard Di Natale announced that changing the date of the national holiday was one of the party's top priorities. Meanwhile, a number of local ...

The Mercury
Rex Gardner: We should unite on Australia Day
The Mercury
Opinions have been flying left right and centre around Australia in recent weeks, with Greens leader Richard Di Natale declaring January 26 represents an “ongoing genocide”. One letter to an editor took a different view, quoting a young Aboriginal man ...

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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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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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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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