Mainstream Media (Keywords: Indigenous, Australia)

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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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
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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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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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 ...
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 Queensland Times
Why Australia Day should stay as it is
The Queensland Times
January 26 is approaching and that means another round of the Australia Day debate. I'll be straight up - I think Australia Day should remain where it is. Now before the left unleashes its moral outrage, let me tell you why. The argument is that the ...
Nothing sacred about Australia Day but politicians refuse to admit itIllawarra Mercury
Aussies laid again about Australia Day dateLuxora Leader

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ABC Online
Sugarbag bee honey a feast from nature, with stingless insects creating delicious outback bush tucker
ABC Online
Bee researcher Tobias Smith said there were about 600 species of stingless bees globally, and 11 in Australia. "There are two groups of stingless bees in Australia — the tetragonula bees on the coast and the inland austroplebeia," he said. "Stingless ...

NT News
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner puts support behind Australia Day on January 26
NT News
Although acknowledging the date of the national holiday was divisive, Mr Gunner said Australia Day should be about unity. “January 26 must meaningfully acknowledge the entire story of our nation. This means more than acknowledgement of country and a ...

Courier Mail
Australia Day: Johnathan Thurston calls for respect in date change debate
Courier Mail
Tensions have again escalated ahead of Australia Day, with a furious debate about whether the date should be moved out of respect for indigenous Australians. “The nation needs to have a good, long conversation about this issue before any decisions ...

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Courier Mail
Johnathan Thurston's daughters have broadened his vision for the future
Courier Mail
“I'd also like to see a change in early childhood learning for our culture and I think it's a national issue making sure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families are accessing kindies and early childhood learning.” Thurston said he was recently ...

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Australia Day: Johnathan Thurston calls for respect in date change debate
Herald Sun
Tensions have again escalated ahead of Australia Day, with a furious debate about whether the date should be moved out of respect for indigenous Australians. “The nation needs to have a good, long conversation about this issue before any decisions ...

The Canberra Times
'Daggers drawn' in Australia Day debate as Canberrans reveal ...
The Canberra Times
"Australia didn't start being for Australians until 1901 [Federation Day]," said NCIS director Professor Mick Dodson.

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Illawarra Mercury
Nothing sacred about Australia Day but politicians refuse to admit it
Illawarra Mercury
The only cows associated with January 26 are the ones in sausage form. Illustration: Matt Davidson. Opinion. Along with the obnoxious ads demanding we eat lamb, and bikinis featuring the Australian flag, the run up to January 26 is traditionally filled ...
Many assist Australia Day date change from January 26Luxora Leader

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The Mercury
Is Australia Day a day to party, or to protest?
The Mercury
Even the partygoers will notice a change in the airwaves this year, with radio station Triple J moving its Hottest 100 countdown from January 26 to the following day, in acknowledgment of the “increasing debate” about the day's meaning for indigenous ...

Herald Sun
GOLDOC issues invites to Comm Games staff to celebrate Invasion Day as critics call it PC gone mad
Herald Sun
“Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to come clean and let Queenslanders know of her political correct agenda or pull Commonwealth Games organisers into line and rule out this PC rubbish.” Commonwealth Games staff have been invited to an “Invasion Day ...
Editorial: Stop playing politically correct gamesCourier Mail

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The New Daily
Indigenous MP Lidia Thorpe sends kids away after 'Australia Day' threats of death and gang rape
The New Daily
Ms Thorpe told The New Daily she stood by her calls for Australians to fly the flag at half-mast on Australia Day in recognition that many Indigenous Australians regard the day the First Fleet arrived as an invasion. The Greens have advocated for ...

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