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First Fleet 'good' for indigenous: Abbott
The Australian
Mr Abbott was on Monday again throwing his support behind keeping the existing date of Australia Day. "What happened on the 26th of January 1788 was on balance, for everyone - Aboriginal people included - a good thing because it brought Western ...

SBS
First Fleet was 'good' for Indigenous people: Abbott
SBS
"There are pressing problems and we should address them. We are nevertheless a great country and Australia Day I think is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all of the things we have achieved given that there are 364 other days where we can lament ...
British settlement was a “good thing” for indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott saysDaily Telegraph
Tony Abbott says January 26 marks a 'good thing' for Aboriginal peopleNEWS.com.au
Tony Abbott urges cut in immigration intakeThe Australian
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SBS
First Fleet was 'good' for Indigenous people: Abbott
SBS
"There are pressing problems and we should address them. We are nevertheless a great country and Australia Day I think is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all of the things we have achieved given that there are 364 other days where we can lament ...
Tony Abbott says January 26 marks a 'good thing' for Aboriginal peopleNEWS.com.au
British settlement was a “good thing” for indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott saysDaily Telegraph
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black ...The Australian
Pedestrian TV -Armidale Express -9news.com.au
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WAtoday
'It's complicated': UWA Australian History chair advocates 'changing the date'
WAtoday
The first ever national "Australia Day" was held on July 30 in 1915, in order to raise funds for the First World War effort. It was only in 1935 when all states agreed to adopt a common date and name for a national day, and Australia Day became a ...

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WAtoday
'It's complicated': UWA Australian History chair advocates 'changing the date'
WAtoday
"We now know that Indigenous Australians had been in possession for at least 60,000 years." Professor Lydon said a full acknowledgement of the date's history informed her own opinion to advocate "changing the date". "If we wish to include the First ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
First Fleet 'good' for Indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott says
The Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott believes the arrival of the First Fleet was a good thing for Indigenous Australians. The former prime minister was on Monday again throwing his support behind keeping the existing date of Australia Day. SHARE; Share on Facebook SHARE; Share ...
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black armbandThe Australian

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The Sydney Morning Herald
First Fleet 'good' for Indigenous Australians, Tony Abbott says
The Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott believes the arrival of the First Fleet was a good thing for Indigenous Australians. The former prime minister was on Monday again throwing his support behind keeping the existing date of Australia Day. SHARE; Share on Facebook SHARE; Share ...
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black armbandThe Australian
Australia Day 2018: Tony Abbott attacks 'black armband' view9news.com.au
Australia Day: Why our destiny requires another date to celebrateWestern Advocate

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Corey Bernadi says complaining musicians are “a bunch of privileged prima donnas”
3AW
Mr Bernadi posted the playlist, the AC 100, on music streaming service Spotify late last week, and asked readers of his blog to vote for their favourite songs. A slew of musicians who feature on the playlist, including Men at Work, Jimmy Barnes ...

Manning River Times
Australians need to acknowledge our shared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage
Manning River Times
We were appalled, but not surprised, to hear of the threats aimed at the Victorian parliamentarian who called for flags to be flown at half-mast on January 26. Many people obviously still feel threatened and indignant if challenged to reappraise the ...

ABC Online
Why Australia Day survives despite revealing our nation's rifts and wounds
ABC Online
Some would have difficulty naming the historical event that Australia Day commemorates, the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. If pressed, they might tell you it was when Captain Cook turned up at Botany Bay. It has long had its critics. In 1938, the ...

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ABC Online
Why Australia Day survives despite revealing our nation's rifts and wounds
ABC Online
Some would have difficulty naming the historical event that Australia Day commemorates, the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. If pressed, they might tell you it was when Captain Cook turned up at Botany Bay. It has long had its critics. In 1938, the ...

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Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
CQ mayor proposes long-weekend solution to date debate
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Ms Landry was one of several LNP leaders to create an online petition to "keep the date", though admitted she hadn't talk to "a lot of Aboriginal groups". This has caused upset for some members of the community, including "MB" of Mount Archer, who sent ...

The Guardian
It's convenient to say Aboriginal people support Australia Day. But it's not true
The Guardian
These establishment pundits don't have any empirical data to support their claims that the majority of Aboriginal people support Australia Day, of course, because that evidence is difficult to obtain empirically. We can take a look at the increasing ...
Canberra Times Letters to the Editor: Australia needs a day dedicated to focusing on reconciliationThe Canberra Times

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The Guardian
It's convenient to say Aboriginal people support Australia Day. But it's not true
The Guardian
Opponents to Australia Day are invariably criticised in two ways. The first is a favoured manoeuvre for establishment media pundits: claim the focus on 26 January is trivial while more pressing Indigenous issues are neglected. This routine is ...
Canberra Times Letters to the Editor: Australia needs a day dedicated to focusing on reconciliationThe Canberra Times

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NT News
Ashley Manicaros: I'll support a date change to Australia Day when we become a republic
NT News
Becoming a republic won't lift indigenous people out of the squalor or correct the health issues of my former footballing colleagues any quicker. But it will allow us to start a fresh page. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull opened the door to the debate ...

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The Australian
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black armband
The Australian
Sure, not everything's perfect in contemporary Australia; and it's possible that Aboriginal life could have continued for some time without modernity bursting upon it, had governor Arthur Phillip not raised the Union flag and toasted the king on ...

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The Australian
Strewth: Turnbull, Abe in lockstep for 'squad goals'
The Australian
When Strewth's colleague Ean Higgins last week approached the Greens to ask whether they were in touch enough with remote Aboriginal Australians to wage a war on their behalf against Australia Day, the Greens' indigenous affairs spokeswoman Rachel ...

The Australian
Australia Day debate: There are 364 other days to wear a black armband
The Australian
Sure, not everything's perfect in contemporary Australia; and it's possible that Aboriginal life could have continued for some time without modernity bursting upon it, had governor Arthur Phillip not raised the Union flag and toasted the king on ...
Australia Day: Why our destiny requires another date to celebrateIllawarra Mercury

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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 West Australian
WA's Australian of the Year continues to break down barriers
The West Australian
Tracy Westerman learnt early how to be a strong, proud Aboriginal. Now WA's Australian of the Year is teaching others to be the same. It looks like an old passport — those hard, fold-able ones you might have seen floating around in your parents' or ...