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NEWS.com.au
30 surprising facts about Australia according to McCrindle Research and the ABS
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Mr McCrindle added that Australia is also much more multicultural than it has ever been before. “The latest census data showed us a changing of the guard, not only in that one in three Australians are born overseas, but more overseas born Australians ...

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The Guardian
Invasion Day protests: human rights observers to monitor Melbourne rally
The Guardian
Human rights observers are to attend the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne on Friday to monitor the way police respond to the protesters, Amnesty International has said. The Melbourne rally is the largest of those held around the country on 26 January ...

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The Guardian
Invasion Day protests: human rights observers to monitor Melbourne rally
The Guardian
Human rights observers are to attend the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne on Friday to monitor the way police respond to the protesters, Amnesty International has said. The Melbourne rally is the largest of those held around the country on 26 January ...

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and protests expected across the country
SBS
Citizenship ceremonies and backyard barbecues are bound to draw big crowds, but not all will be celebrating this year. NSW Governor David Hurley has helped kick-off Australia Day celebrations in the state with a speech acknowledging the controversy ...
Calls for greater diversity in Australia Day honoursNEWS.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and protests expected across the country
SBS
Citizenship ceremonies and backyard barbecues are bound to draw big crowds, but not all will be celebrating this year. NSW Governor David Hurley has helped kick-off Australia Day celebrations in the state with a speech acknowledging the controversy ...
Key quotes from Australia Day eventsNEWS.com.au

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and marches expected across the country
SBS
NSW Governor David Hurley kicked off Australia Day celebrations in the state with a speech acknowledging the controversy surrounding the holiday to mark the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney harbour. While recognising the importance of Australia Day ...

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SBS
Australia Day 2018: Celebrations and marches expected across the country
SBS
The governor was joined by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and about a 1000 people at Barangaroo on the harbour under a grey sky for the indigenous WugulOra morning ceremony to mark Australia Day. It included dancers, a smoking ceremony, the singing of ...

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ABC Online
What these Indigenous actors, writers and thinkers will be doing on January 26
ABC Online
Depending on who you are or how you feel about Australia Day, January 26 can be a cause for celebration, protest or barely worth a comment. Recent public debate has underscored how the day can be a source of pain or anger for many of Australia's ...
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
Australia Day explained: Why it's really held on 26 January and the push to change the dateSBS (blog)
'About the future and the past': NSW Labor to ink treaty with Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
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The Conversation AU
How to have a better conversation about Australia Day
The Conversation AU
You could read this as Abbott emphasising a narrative of “Australia as a success story”. And while he acknowledges in the article that “not everything's perfect in contemporary Australia” - referring to the disadvantage experienced by many Indigenous ...

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The Guardian
Morning mail: quantum physicist named Australian of the year
The Guardian
We have an editorial outlining the Guardian view on Australia Day, and Indigenous author Alexis Wright writes movingly about living in a nation that celebrates the colonisation of your ancestors' land. The British prime minister, Theresa May, has said ...
Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons: quantum leap for women in scienceThe Australian
Top scientist vying for atomic victorySBS

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The Cairns Post
CQU lecturer, Cairns woman, Yidinji elder Henrietta Marrie receives Order of Australia
The Cairns Post
A CULTURAL think tank, independently funded, and with the capacity to influence policies affecting indigenous Australians, will be one of the many legacies Henrietta Marrie will leave for her people. The Yidinji woman will be made a member of the Order ...

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The Cairns Post
CQU lecturer, Cairns woman, Yidinji elder Henrietta Marrie receives Order of Australia
The Cairns Post
The Yidinji woman will be made a member of the Order of Australia today for her significant service to the community as an advocate for indigenous cultural heritage and intellectual property rights, and to education. The CQU indigenous engagement ...

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SBS
Celebrations and protests on Australia Day
SBS
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove is urging Australians to embrace Australia Day to celebrate the rich history and culture of indigenous people and the contributions of migrants. As disagreement intensifies over shifting the national day from the ...

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Celebrations and protests on Australia Day
SBS
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove is urging Australians to embrace Australia Day to celebrate the rich history and culture of indigenous people and the contributions of migrants. As disagreement intensifies over shifting the national day from the ...

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The Australian
Move the Australia Day date, it's hurtful to us: Johnathan Thurston
The Australian
National Rugby League champion Johnathan Thurston has called for the date of Australia Day to be moved, declaring it was not inclusive of indigenous Australians, as activists prepared to march in today's Justice Through Treaty March. The rugby league ...
Australian of the Year to be announced tonightTen Eyewitness News
Rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston says Australia Day date change inevitableNEWS.com.au
Who are the Australian of the Year award nominees?SBS
Inside Sport
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The Australian
Abandoning the nation's special day unwise and foolish, says Geoffrey Blainey
The Australian
It is understood Greens leader Richard Di Natale, lower-house Melbourne MP Adam Bandt, Victorian state MP Lidia Thorpe and other Victorian Greens MPs will attend an event in Melbourne to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Aboriginal activist William ...

The Guardian
Australia Day honours: Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Tracy Spicer on male-dominated list
The Guardian
Cuthbert, alongside tennis great and Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, was appointed a companion of the Order of Australia, the highest category. Goolagong-Cawley has been recognised for her services to the game as a player and ambassador, and ...

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The Guardian
Evonne Goolagong-Cawley honoured for tennis and Indigenous advocacy
The Guardian
Forty-seven years after she came to international prominence by winning both the 1971 French Open and Wimbledon crowns, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley has been made a companion of the Order of Australia, the nation's highest honour. Recognised for her ...

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The Guardian
Evonne Goolagong-Cawley honoured for tennis and Indigenous advocacy
The Guardian
Forty-seven years after she came to international prominence by winning both the 1971 French Open and Wimbledon crowns, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley has been made a companion of the Order of Australia, the nation's highest honour. Recognised for her ...
7-time major winner Goolagong Cawley gets Australian honorsUSA TODAY

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Daily Telegraph
Australia Day 2018: Flag changers want to drop 'colonist' Union Jack
Daily Telegraph
With the public still torn by the heated debate over holding our national day on the date the First Fleet arrived, The Daily Telegraph can reveal the peak lobby group wanting to ditch Australia's flag will unveil its new design on January 26. It comes ...

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