Australia Day
Rupert Murdoch denounces 'woke orthodoxy' as Rudd rages against 'Australia Day award' | The Weekly Beast
Media mogul given award by non-profit funded largely by fossil fuel and banking industry. Plus: the Australian newspaper honours Victorians ‘who crushed Covid’
Amanda Meade
28, Jan, 2021 @11:31 PM
National crime agency investigates suspicious betting on Australian of the Year awards
Sexual assault survivor Grace Tame was given the gong on Monday but shot to favouritism in December after the winner was selected
Michael McGowan
28, Jan, 2021 @10:44 AM
Morrison marks 26 January by saying Australia has 'risen above brutal beginnings' – as it happened
Invasion Day marches take place around Australia as debate around the national day rages. This blog is now closed
Mostafa Rachwani and Calla Wahlquist
26, Jan, 2021 @7:34 AM
First Nations people cannot celebrate while Australia is locking up our children | Roxanne Moore
It is our national shame that 65% of imprisoned 10 to 13-year-olds are Indigenous, when our kids are only 6% of Australia’s youth population
Roxanne Moore
26, Jan, 2021 @2:55 AM
The Vigil: Adam Goodes dances in the spirit of Indigenous warriors at Sydney festival's 26 January reflection
The AFL great paid tribute to his mother, a member of the stolen generations, at the festival’s annual dusk-til-dawn meditation on Australia’s colonial history
Steve Dow
26, Jan, 2021 @12:04 AM
Amid the false history over 26 January, it pays to consider what Australia was really built on | Paul Daley
Trolls and Indigenous-baiters got a gift from the PM this year, but in the midst of all the stories you’ll hear today it is real history that matters most
Paul Daley
26, Jan, 2021 @12:00 AM
Where to find Invasion Day rally and protest events on 26 January, and how to show your support if you can't attend
Invasion Day rallies, protests and marches will go ahead in Australia’s capital cities with a different look in response to Covid restrictions
Calla Wahlquist
25, Jan, 2021 @9:51 PM
If your child asks why Australia is celebrating a day of invasion, what will you tell them? | Amy McQuire for IndigenousX
Children ask vital questions of the world which expose accepted ‘truths’. On 26 January, we contrast Australian displays of amnesia with Aboriginal truth-telling
Amy McQuire for IndigenousX
25, Jan, 2021 @4:30 PM
I am an Australia Day ambassador and support a change in date | Craig Foster
It is no good talking about a multicultural, inclusive Australia if we are not prepared to live it
Craig Foster
25, Jan, 2021 @4:30 PM
Australia Day honours 2021: Malcolm Turnbull says 'irony' in getting award along with Margaret Court
Tim Cahill, Gai Waterhouse and Craig Foster also recipients, while Kerry O’Brien turns down award in protest against Court’s inclusion
Elias Visontay
25, Jan, 2021 @11:00 AM
Kerry O'Brien rejects Australia Day honour in protest against Margaret Court's award
Broadcaster cites ‘deeply insensitive and divisive decision’ to make Court a Companion of the Order of Australia
Paul Karp
25, Jan, 2021 @11:00 AM
26 January: a million bloody words written every year | First Dog on the Moon
Once again we must participate in the national forgetting
First Dog on the Moon
25, Jan, 2021 @7:20 AM
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