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Goondiwindi Argus
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia Day
Goondiwindi Argus
Describing himself as a "conservative, Anglo-Celtic Australian," Mr Macfarlane has said that the day was inherently divisive because it commemorated what many Indigenous Australians regard as an invasion. He likened it to the idea of a Scottish person ...
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce saysABC Online
Turnbull rejects Australia Day date-changeSky News Australia
Barnaby Joyce ridicules 'change the date' campaignNEWS.com.au
The Guardian -BBC News -The Sydney Morning Herald
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Ballarat Courier
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia Day
Ballarat Courier
Describing himself as a "conservative, Anglo-Celtic Australian," Mr Macfarlane has said that the day was inherently divisive because it commemorated what many Indigenous Australians regard as an invasion. He likened it to the idea of a Scottish person ...
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce saysABC Online
Turnbull rejects Australia Day date-changeSky News Australia
Australia Day 2017: Barnaby Joyce rubbishes change date callNEWS.com.au
9news.com.au -The Australian
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ABC Online
Australia Day critics should 'crawl under a rock and hide for a little bit', Barnaby Joyce says
ABC Online
"Most Aboriginal Indigenous people want to celebrate Australia Day and they feel they are Australians, that they are part of the Australian community," he said. Mr Mundine said the date marked Indigenous people losing their land, massacres, people ...
Joyce slams Australia Day date fussNEWS.com.au
Barnaby Joyce ridicules 'change the date' campaignThe Cairns Post

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SBS
Australia Day pain noted at Sydney ceremony
SBS
The NSW governor has acknowledged pain and mixed emotions that January 26 evokes within Australia's Aboriginal people at an indigenous ceremony on Sydney Harbour. Governor David Hurley told the crowd of several hundred at Barangaroo Point ...

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Central Telegraph
YOUR SAY: 'Why I want Australia Day moved from January 26'
Central Telegraph
THE Fraser Coast Chronicle spoke to an Indigenous Australian about why she wants the date of Australia Day to change. Dimity Shillingsworth is a proud Wakka Wakka woman who lives on the Fraser Coast, and is one of the organisers of a march along ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Bonnie Sveen makes emotional stand: 'I hope that this is the last Australia Day'
dailytelegraph.com.au
“May you be respected and honoured by all today, especially non indigenous Australians. I recognise that the European settlement (my ancestors) tore apart your families, treated you brutally and stole your sacred land. I acknowledge that those actions ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Barnaby Joyce launches extraordinary attack on people who want to move Australia Day
The Sydney Morning Herald
Describing himself as a "conservative, Anglo-Celtic Australian," Mr Macfarlane has said that the day was inherently divisive because it commemorated what many Indigenous Australians regard as an invasion. He likened it to the idea of a Scottish person ...

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SBS
Former minister calls to move Australia Day to March 1
SBS
He thought "Bloody ABC" when Triple J announced 2017 would be the last Australia Day with its famous Hottest 100, because of the offence the celebration was causing to indigenous Australians. "Then Fremantle City Council announced it was cancelling its ...

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Ballarat Courier
Ballarat's Order of Australia Medal recipients
Ballarat Courier
Order of Australia recipient and Aboriginal rights activist Neville Oddie would rather his Australia Day honour was conferred on another day. Mr Oddie was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to conservation and reconciliation on Thursday.

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5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous history
The Age
The Yabun festival is held annually and organised by the Gadigal Information Service Aboriginal Corporation, and is heralded as one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in Australia. There will be a smoking ceremony and a keynote address by ...

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5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous history
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Yabun festival is held annually and organised by the Gadigal Information Service Aboriginal Corporation, and is heralded as one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in Australia. There will be a smoking ceremony and a keynote address by ...

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5 things to do on January 26th that recognise Indigenous history
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Yabun festival is held annually and organised by the Gadigal Information Service Aboriginal Corporation, and is heralded as one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in Australia. There will be a smoking ceremony and a keynote address by ...

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The Conversation AU
Parrot pie and possum curry – how colonial Australians embraced native food
The Conversation AU
The relationship between European settlers and native Australian foodstuffs during the 19th century was a complex one. While the taste for native ingredients waxed and waned for the first century of European settlement, there's ample evidence to ...

dailytelegraph.com.au
Australia Day is ”a day of diversity” and acknowledging our indigenous population, says Liz Deep-Jones
dailytelegraph.com.au
An established journalist, presenter and producer, Ms Deep-Jones has specialised in current affairs across the indigenous Australian and Chinese communities. As a daughter of Lebanese immigrants she is also proud of the country's rich multicultural ...

OPINION: What does Australia Day mean to a young aboriginal person?
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Unfortunately for myself and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this is a reality lived here in Australia. I have never been one to protest Australia Day, but I haven't been one to celebrate the day either, I've been somewhat indifferent.

Mackay Daily Mercury
YOUR SAY: 'Why I want Australia Day moved from January 26'
Mackay Daily Mercury
Each year, marches are held in capital cities around the country protesting the "celebration" of Australia Day and calling for sovereignty and social justice for Indigenous Australians. I think it's time for regional areas as well to get involved, the ...

The Conversation AU
Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day: a long history of ...
The Conversation AU
The marking of our national day has long been fraught, and this year is no exception.
Australia Day 2017: What to Know About the Holiday's History | Time ...TIME

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The Conversation AU
Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day: a long history of celebration and contestation
The Conversation AU
Meat and Livestock Australia's promotion of eating lamb on Australia Day continues to be controversial. Indigenous groups have been scathing about a TV advertisement that shows European invaders providing chops for a BBQ on the beach.

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The Cairns Post
Indigenous leader Terry Tubuai Waia recognised as Member of the Order of Australia
The Cairns Post
He is being recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service through leadership, advisory and advocacy roles to indigenous communities across Far North Queensland. His daughter Enid Waia, who lives at White Rock, said she ...

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The Guardian
Most Indigenous Australians want date and name of Australia Day changed, poll finds
The Guardian
Most Australians feel positively about Australia Day but most Indigenous Australians feel that it celebrates invasion and should be changed to a new date with a different name. That is the finding of a McNair yellowSquares national poll of 1,156 people ...
Thousands march in Sydney on Australia Day for Indigenous 'day of mourning'The Sydney Morning Herald
Why Indigenous people want to change the date of Australia Day9news.com.au
NT Aboriginal leader defends January 26 Australia DayThe Canberra Times
The West Australian -NEWS.com.au -The Australian
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