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The Advertiser
Lainie Anderson: Forget Cory Bernardi's top 100 songs - check out mine
The Advertiser
Anyway, Bernardi (or a clever spin doctor, at least) has revealed an alternative Hottest 100 playlist in protest at Triple J's “politically correct” decision to change the date of its hugely popular countdown of the nation's top 100 Australian songs ...

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Port Macquarie News
Are you celebrating world religion day on Sunday? | graph
Port Macquarie News
Sikhism is in fact the fastest-growing religion in Australia since 2011 (74 per cent increase) ahead of Hinduism (60 per cent increase). Other Spiritual beliefs practised by Australians include Middle Eastern religions (Baha'i, Mandaean, Druse ...

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 ...

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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
Whatever day we choose to celebrate Australia Day will not change the painful history of European settlement and the slaughter both sides inflicted on each other. Opinions have been flying left right and centre around Australia in recent weeks, with ...

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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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The Age
Aboriginal MP hits back against vile threats over Australia Day flag call
The Age
Greens MP Lidia Thorpe says she is shaken but refusing to be cowed by death and rape threats she received this week after calling for Australian flags to be flown at half-mast on Australia Day. Victoria's first female Aboriginal MP took to social media ...
Nigel Scullion says Indigenous people haven't raised Australia Day date issue with himABC Online
Celebrating Australia Day on 26 January like dancing on graves, says reconciliation bodyThe Guardian
Greens' focus is not on Aborigines, says Sue GordonThe Australian
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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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The West Australian
Former Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley urges Australia Day date change to boost health
The West Australian
Former Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley says changing the date of Australia Day would have an “almost direct”, positive impact on Aboriginal health. Joining the push to shift the national holiday from January 26, the Telethon Kids Institute patron ...

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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Toowoomba Chronicle
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Toowoomba 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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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 ...

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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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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Northern Star
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Northern Star
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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Northern Star
Australia Day is about our horrible past, so why change?
Northern Star
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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Fraser Coast Chronicle
Mayor, Butchulla elder weigh in on Australia Day debate
Fraser Coast Chronicle
... of the region's Australia Day events. "Let's all celebrate the great things about being Australia," he said. "It's the best country in the world and we live in a great part of it." But Deputy Mayor George Seymour said he felt there should be a ...

Fraser Coast Chronicle
Mayor, Butchulla elder weigh in on Australia Day debate
Fraser Coast Chronicle
For several years, the Fraser Coast's Aboriginal community has marched in protest on January 26 - not Australia Day to them, but Invasion Day. For Mrs Gala, the date is divisive. "It's not my celebration," she said. The date marks the anniversary of ...

The Cairns Post
FNQ's Yarrabah to commemorate Survival Day on January 26
The Cairns Post
The Fijian-Australian performer said he was lending his talents to Yarrabah's Survival Day event in support of changing the date. “I'm in favour of a different day being called Australia Day but in the meantime we can do our best to celebrate the ...