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The Times
Aboriginal activists step up campaign against Australia Day
The Times
Monuments to Captain Cook and other British explorers have been defaced in Melbourne as Aboriginal activists ramp up their opposition to Australia's national day. A statue of James Cook was covered in pink paint with the words “no pride” painted ...
Statue of Captain James Cook defaced and spray painted with Aboriginal flag ahead of Australia DayEvening Standard
Vandals demanding to change the date of Australia Day spray paint the Aboriginal flag and the words 'no pride' on ...Daily Mail
Captain Cook statue vandalised in Melbourne before Australia DayThe Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk -The Age -Junkee
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The Guardian
Victorian opposition leader tells councils to celebrate Australia day or face the sack
The Guardian
“I won't tolerate local government or any other part of government talking down Australia,” Guy told Melbourne talkback radio station 3AW. The policy mirrors a proposal by South Australian Liberal party, which has promised to ban councils from moving ...
Vic councils stand firm on Aust Day shunSBS

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The Guardian
Victorian opposition leader tells councils to celebrate Australia day or face the sack
The Guardian
Guy's comments follow weeks of national debate around the push to change the date of Australia Day away from the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet, a day known by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Invasion Day. A survey ...
State opposition to sack councils for not celebrating Australia DayThe Age
Vic councils stand firm on Aust Day shunSBS

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How Australians can embrace Indigenous ingredients | SBS Food  SBS

The Advertiser
Our history is not perfect. Let's move on
The Advertiser
However bleak some parts of our history are, they are a vision of peace compared to the relentless brutality of Mexico's colonial history. From 1492 onwards, the many indigenous nations of Mexico and Central America found themselves in a state of ...

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NEWS.com.au
Rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston says Australia Day date change inevitable
NEWS.com.au
“I believe the first step could be an open forum involving our key political and cultural leaders … representatives from all sides of the debate. “I believe this would be a good starting point.” Tensions have been boiling ahead of Australia Day ...
Johnathan Thurston backs calls for conversation on changing Australia Day dateABC Online
Australia Day date: Johnathan Thurston calls for changeThe Australian
Who are the Australian of the Year award nominees?SBS
Ten Eyewitness News -myGC.com.au -Riverine Herald
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ABC Online
Johnathan Thurston backs calls for conversation on changing Australia Day date
ABC Online
Johnathan Thurston believes Australians need to be more informed about why the date of Australia Day is hurtful to Indigenous people. Thurston, 36, who is set to retire from rugby league as one of the sport's greats after the upcoming season, also ...
Rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston says Australia Day date change inevitableNEWS.com.au
Australia Day date: Johnathan Thurston calls for changeThe Australian
Australian of the Year to be announced tonightTen Eyewitness News
myGC.com.au
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ABC Online
Australia Day: 'Mixed emotions' as Aboriginal councils reveal opposing views on celebrations
ABC Online
"There are a lot of mixed emotions [on January 26]." Cr Lacey said the people of Palm Island would celebrate the day "with open arms" if it were celebrated on another date. "There's commentary about Sorry Day. It's about the destruction of children ...
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
'About the future and the past': NSW Labor to ink treaty with Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: It's shallow, meaningless, emotional rhetoric unrepresentative of the view of all ...The Advertiser
SBS -The Australian -Gourmet Traveller Magazine Australia
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ABC Online
Australia Day: 'Mixed emotions' as Aboriginal councils reveal opposing views on celebrations
ABC Online
From meat pie-eating and spear throwing competitions, to celebrating culture through Survival Day or abstaining from marking the day all together, Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island councils have differing views on how to mark Australia ...
NSW Labor plans to sign treaty recognising Indigenous ownershipThe Guardian
'About the future and the past': NSW Labor to ink treaty with Indigenous AustraliansThe Sydney Morning Herald
Greens don't care about 'real' indigenous issues, Liberal Sarah Henderson saysThe Australian
Community Newspaper Group -National Indigenous Times -SBS
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SBS
My Australia: The country's first Indigenous surgeon on confronting inequality
SBS
'My Australia' is a special SBS News series exploring cultural heritage and identity, and asking what it means to be Australian in 2018. For kids destined to become be doctors, Grace Kinsella's house was a good place to grow up. The Woromi woman was a ...

Channel NewsAsia
'We thought they were going to be massacred': 80 years since forced First Fleet re-enactment
ABC Online
"Then followed in the week before the celebrations an amusing battle of tactics between the Protection Board officers and the executive of the Aborigines' Progressive Association … Some Sydney relatives of a Peter Johnson from Menindee tried to see ...
Australia Day or Invasion Day? Thousands plan to protestChannel NewsAsia
Should we really feel guilty about celebrating Australia Day? The REAL story behind the white settlement on January ...Daily Mail
Should Australia Commemorate White Settlement?New York Times

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Daily Mail
'We thought they were going to be massacred': 80 years since forced First Fleet re-enactment
ABC Online
"Then followed in the week before the celebrations an amusing battle of tactics between the Protection Board officers and the executive of the Aborigines' Progressive Association … Some Sydney relatives of a Peter Johnson from Menindee tried to see ...
Australia Day or Invasion Day? Thousands plan to protestReuters
Should we really feel guilty about celebrating Australia Day? The REAL story behind the white settlement on January ...Daily Mail

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The Australian
Australia Day date: Johnathan Thurston calls for change
The Australian
NRL star Johnathan Thurston has called for a change in the date of Australia Day, declaring it was not a date that was inclusive to indigenous Australians. The North Queensland Cowboys halfback is Queensland's Australian of the Year and one of eight ...
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 (blog)
Inside Sport
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The Australian
Australia Day date: Johnathan Thurston calls for change
The Australian
NRL star Johnathan Thurston has called for a change in the date of Australia Day, declaring it was not a date that was inclusive to indigenous Australians. The North Queensland Cowboys halfback is Queensland's Australian of the Year and one of eight ...
Johnathan Thurston backs calls for conversation on changing Australia Day dateABC Online
Who are the Australian of the Year award nominees?SBS (blog)
Australian of the Year to be announced tonightTen Eyewitness News
PerthNow -Riverine Herald
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SBS
How to make your own Indigenous herbs and spices rack
SBS
“In my days, communities were stronger, family and culture was stronger, connection to land was stronger. So it made us really examine how we could help," she says. "We wanted to find pleasure somewhere to take us away from the terrible situation that ...

SBS
How to make your own Indigenous herbs and spices rack
SBS
“We've encouraged and mentored people to have their own micro businesses on community and for First Nations' community to be able to actually own a place within the current native food industry.” And so the Outback Pride Project was born, harvesting ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
I used to love Australia Day. Now I get why it's an issue
The Sydney Morning Herald
A friend replied, "Sorry, Kelly, but my conscience cannot allow me to celebrate the day England invaded Aboriginal Australia and set forth a system based on racism and violence that promotes white rule on black land that our government still ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
I used to love Australia Day. Now I get why it's an issue
The Sydney Morning Herald
A friend replied, "Sorry, Kelly, but my conscience cannot allow me to celebrate the day England invaded Aboriginal Australia and set forth a system based on racism and violence that promotes white rule on black land that our government still ...

The Conversation AU
Pointing to the scoreboard: how Indigenous hip hop keeps talking to white Australia
The Conversation AU
Like A. B. Original's members Briggs (Yorta Yorta man Adam Briggs) and Trials (Ngarrindjeri man Dan Rankine), other Indigenous rappers have been starting public conversations about white Australia's black history and producing various forms of hip hop ...
Let's get over Gallipoli too: Briggs on Australia Day and the spirit of oppressionThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Manning River Times
Biripi elder's perspective on Australia Day date debate
Manning River Times
Biripi elder: Russell Saunders OAM said he is happy for Australia Day to continue as it is, but recognises that not all Aboriginal people see it the same way. Photo: Scott Calvin. Biripi elder and pastor Russell Saunders OAM said the continuing ...