Australia Day

The prime minister has met with Indigenous elders for a smoking ceremony as official Australia Day commemorations kick...

But support decreases among younger age groups. Invasion Day or Survival Day rallies will be held in all capital cities, providing a visual reminder of opposition to the public holiday. It was followed by a smoking ceremony at Barangaroo, held for the 20th year to celebrate the culture and language of Indigenous people. Deloitte, KPMG, CSL and other large companies have allowed employees to work on Australia Day and take a day of leave at another time as part of their flexible cultural leave arrangements. "Joining our Australian family, joining us as proud citizens of the greatest country on earth and joining us as partners in the ongoing task of making it greater still," he said. Governor-General David Hurley said Australia had become a country to be proud of since that day, one made stronger by the history, traditions and culture of Indigenous people.

Nationals MP Matt Canavan says we should include a question on the date of Australia Day at the Voice referendum. Mr Canavan told Ben Fordham on 2GB he is ...

In the twenty-first century, Australia is a nation of migrants. We are proud to be the most successful multicultural society on earth: one in four Australians ...

Perhaps most significantly, we value true friends and share a willingness to band together, including in times of adversity. Having now been in the Philippines for six months, I can see that the depth of ties between our two peoples is due to our similar national characters. Similarly, as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Australians have taken the opportunity to travel to the Philippines for tourism and busi-ness, attracted by this country’s dynamism, natural beauty and the hospitality of its people. For many of us, it is also a good excuse to spend time with family and friends in the summer sun (usually over a barbeque, and perhaps a cold beer). For our newest arrivals, Australia Day is a particularly memorable occasion, as it is when local communities across the country hold Citizenship Ceremonies to formally welcome them. First and foremost, it is a time to remember the stories that have shaped modern Australia.

As an investor, I reckon we're bloody lucky. Because we have the opportunity to build real long-term wealth.

And we should. And a little care for each other. If the date itself is painful, I understand. I hope you have a great Australia Day. And goodwill. Bloody oath we will. Now, I’m not saying we’re top of the pops in each category (though we’d be bloody close!). Some of it luck. And I’d often remark – usually to myself! We’re not taking sufficient care of our environment. I also think those who argue for a change have a good case. Which country is more peaceful?

An Essential poll commissioned by The Guardian found 26 per cent of around 1,000 people surveyed were supportive of creating a new date to replace Australia ...

According to the Essential poll, around 8 per cent of those surveyed said they would be working this year, which is only 1 per cent higher than last year. Around 68 per cent planned to celebrate the day in some way. Its poll of 1,000 Australians this year found 62 per cent thought Australia Day should be celebrated on 26 January. Or should we be ashamed of it? A further 26 per cent did not have a view. Overall support has come down since 2019 when it was at 37 per cent.

Outstanding public servants have been recognised among a list of 1047 Australians for their distinguished and conspicuous service.

Templeman was previously a long-time public servant with the Department of Defence (1968-2002). A total of 45% of these honours were also given to Australians for service to local communities. Hunt also served as the CEO of Lotterywest and Healthway from 2019-2021. The only way a person can be recognised is for someone to nominate them.” Vicki Manning (pictured) was also recognised on the COVID list for her role in leading the NSW Health Emergency Operations Centre COVID-19 known as SHEOC. The CEO of Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Stem Cell Medicine — reNEW (affiliated with the University of Copenhagen) was a senior principal research fellow with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) from 2014 to 2022. Between 1999 and 2005, Reynolds chaired the Commonwealth Human Rights International Advisory Committee, and she presently serves as the Australian national president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Professor Melissa Little was also named in the highest category of honours for her service to medical research through pioneering contributions to regenerative therapies for kidney disease. He was appointed to head the Federal Court in 2013 and has been a member of the This honour is awarded for the highest degree of service to Australia or humanity at large. [Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges Association](https://www.cmja.org/) since 2019. Dawson served as the inaugural CEO of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission from 2016-2017 and is a former director of the Australian Institute of Criminology.

First Nations NRL superstar Preston Campbell, inclusive education champion Dr Rhonda Faragher, and visionary festival producer Cathy Hunt are among the list – ...

Queenslanders are encouraged to nominate members of their community for an Order of Australia throughout the year – to ensure high achievement, professional contributions and charitable pursuits are justly recognised and celebrated. “At a national level, I’m also pleased to see more women being recognised for their contributions, with this year’s list including the highest percentage of female Order of Australia recipients in an honours list since the introduction of the Australian honours system in 1975. “To be recognised on this esteemed list means each of these incredible Queenslanders have made an indelible mark on the social and cultural fabric of this country.

As the so-called change-the-date debate continues around the country, Dunghutti rights activist Paul Silva is floating another idea: abolish Australia Day ...

"Everything we have in this country our people have fought for and advocated for, not in a paid position ... "The system of colonial democracy has shown us in a little over 230 years it is socially unsustainable. "This morning is ... "Like lipstick on a pig. a day of mourning, of really remembering what's come before us, the people that have created the footprints for us to walk in and the struggles that have happened along the way," Birpai elder Rhonda Radley said. It is ecologically unsustainable. "How are indigenous people meant to feel included, when the very day is a celebration of colonisation?" "The whole meaning and branding of the day needs to be rethought, it's derived from a very traumatic period in time." "The fact that we don't have a treaty is still huge in how we're seen by this country," she said. "Survival Day is a phrase to represent the fact that despite everything, despite massacres and systemic racism, people are standing to fight to hold onto their culture, their language, their traditions," she said. In Melbourne the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has been likened to putting "lipstick on a pig". Thousands of people have gathered across the country to take part in Invasion Day rallies, with protesters declaring "Australia Day is dead".

Thousands of Australians marked the country's national day celebrations on Thursday with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the ...

The rest believe it should be "Invasion Day". "For many First Nations peoples, Australia Day ... 26 should be considered "Australia Day", largely unchanged from a year ago. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story While it was a "difficult day" for Indigenous Australians, there were no plans to change the holiday's date, he said. SYDNEY, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians marked the country's national day celebrations on Thursday with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as "Invasion Day".

Smoking ceremonies marked a day of mourning for Indigenous people before Australia Day commemorations and rallies took over...

I do think it's insensitive and doesn't represent the current times." Cries of "shame", "f*** Australia Day" and "sovereignty" rang out from speakers and the crowd. Not personally," he said.

Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney was the centrepiece for the Salute to Australia at Sydney Cove, while the Australian Army's 9th Regiment performed a 21-gun salute.

Our troops, ships and aircraft help to shape the strategic environment and support a rules-based order,” Rear Admiral Smith said. A Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, with the Australian flag underslung, flew over the harbour and along the beaches to the north and south of the city. Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney was the centrepiece for the Salute to Australia at Sydney Cove, while the Australian Army’s 9th Regiment performed a 21-gun salute.

Australians rally in support of Indigenous rights on the anniversary of the day the British colonial fleet arrived.

There is currently no mention of Indigenous Australians in the constitution, which was adopted in 1901. “They are rallying in protest against the celebrations of modern Australia, on a day where they believe was a huge displacement of the First Nations people. Polls have shown that the younger generations are increasingly supporting this.” Australia’s largest telecoms company, Telstra, this year gave its staff the option to work on January 26 and take another day off instead. Australian historian Lyndall Ryan has estimated that more than 10,000 Indigenous people were killed in 400 separate massacres since British colonisation first began. Australians rally in support of Indigenous rights on the anniversary of the day the British colonial fleet sailed into Sydney.

Whether it was through citizenship ceremonies, protests or celebrations, millions of Australians have marked Australia Day. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...

"The Australian parliament today is not interested in listening to the voice of Aboriginal people ... "It's horse therapy for people when they see them. why should we expect that yet another advisory body would?" It was followed by a smoking ceremony at Barangaroo, held for the 20th year to celebrate the culture and language of Indigenous people. "I'm super happy that I can participate in the country on a different level now and I can't wait to contribute to help protect this environment," she told AAP. In Melbourne, Aboriginal activist Gary Foley said people had to be careful not to be sucked into a measure that would ultimately be "lipstick on a pig".

CANBERRA, Australia — Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous ...

And if not the people of Australia this year, who will make this change which will improve our country, improve our national unity?" They die younger than other Australians, achieve lower education levels, are less likely to be employed and are overrepresented in prison populations. "It is a great country. "This year is the most important year in the relationship between the natives of Australia and its so-called settlers in the 235 years since the landing of the First Fleet," Pearson wrote Thursday in The Sydney Morning Herald, referring to the 11 British ships carrying convicts that established Sydney as a penal colony. "If not now, when will this change occur? There are growing public calls to change the date of Australia Day, which is known to many Indigenous people as Invasion Day and Survival Day, because of the disastrous impacts on First Nations people of British colonists taking their land without a treaty.

Roach is appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for his service to the performing arts and to Indigenous rights and reconciliation.

Though Roach has left us, his music continues to resonate. Roach, or Uncle Arch as he was lovingly known, was celebrated on numerous occasions during his lifetime. Archie Roach, the legendary Indigenous Australian artist whose song “Took the Children Away” was recognized with a Human Rights Medal, has been posthumously awarded in the Australia Day honors.Roach i [Archie Roach](https://www.billboard.com/artist/archie-roach/), the legendary Indigenous Australian artist whose song “Took the Children Away” was recognized with a Human Rights Medal, has been posthumously awarded in the [Australia](https://www.billboard.com/t/australia/) Day honors. [in 2020](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/archie-roach-inducted-2020-aria-hall-of-fame-9481160/), marking the 30th anniversary of the release of Charcoal Lane, his debut full length album which carried “Took The Children Away.” The song is now preserved in the [National Film And Sound Archive Of Australia](https://www.nfsa.gov.au/about/our-mission/sounds-australia). He was made a Member of The Order of Australia (AM) (in 2015), and received the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music (in 2017).

Thousands of Australians marked the country's national day celebrations on Thursday with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the ...

The government plans to introduce legislation in March to set up the referendum that will take place later this year, as the Indigenous voice shapes as a key federal political issue. Organisers of the Australian Open 2023 will not recognise Australia Day on Thursday after protests and rallies are being organised across the country. This year’s holiday comes as Albanese’s centre-left Labor Party government plans a referendum on recognising Indigenous people in the constitution, and requiring consultation with them on decisions that affect their lives.

School Performance Executive Director, Rural North Meghanne Wellard and Auburn North Public School Principal Mark Harris received the Public Service Medal for ...

Dr Morgan is a life member of the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and is a mentor to Menindee Central School. At Auburn North Public School, families are encouraged and supported to be partners in learning, which not only helps the students, but gives parents and carers valuable new language skills. Mr Harris has been a teacher for 40 years – 20 of them as principal of Auburn. With only 18,000 of the Northern Rivers’ 45,000 school students able to attend school in March 2020, and with her own home under threat from floodwaters, Mrs Wellard worked tirelessly to ensure that all students had a physical site at which they could continue their schooling within two weeks. Community She also advocated for and secured adequate counselling services on the ground, providing face-to-face mental health support for those affected.

With Australia increasingly uneasy about celebrating its national day, recognition of Indigenous people in the constitution has become a new flashpoint.

“We don’t need to tear down one part of our history to build up the other.” “We need to stop the lying,” Prof Marcia Langton, a Yiman and Bidjara woman, said on Thursday, arguing that Australia’s national day should not be one that commemorates colonisation. Advocates argue an eventual change of date is inevitable. I think we can find an inclusive date and I think we can start to tell the truth about Australia’s history and show some respect for all the survivors of “They tried to wipe us out, still here. They tried to breed us out, still here.

But Kaitlyn is now part of a growing cohort of young Australians and others who are shunning the national day. The date - 26 January - is the anniversary of the ...

because of something that we weren't a part of.'" and that could be done on any day of the year," she says. I haven't seen a date put forward that is [a] more logical date for Australia Day." "A lot of Australians get very offended… "And a lot of people say: 'We didn't do that to you guys. "Why does it have to be on that day?" Others say changing the date hides the wrongs of the past. "I'm black and proud and… Some argue Australia Day is an opportunity to reflect on and rejoice in what Australia has become today, despite that history. Many public figures - from Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff to actor Chris Hemsworth and pioneering Indigenous cricketer Jason Gillespie - have advocated for a different date. "I love day-drinking as much as the next guy. "I used to host parties…

However, this year's celebrations will look slightly different, with drones being incorporated into the firework display. The display will kick off at 8:15 pm ...

Smoking ceremonies have marked a day of mourning for Indigenous people before Australia Day protests contrasted with picnics...

I do think it's insensitive and doesn't represent the current times." Cries of "shame", "f*** Australia Day" and "sovereignty" rang out from speakers and the crowd. Not personally," he said.

Australia Day on January 26 has traditionally celebrated the arrival of European settlers at Sydney Harbor in 1788, and has typically been observed with beach ...

he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Wouldn't you be angry?" "How can this day be celebrated?"

Australian basketball legend Andrew Bogut has declared an Australia Day date shift would change nothing. The former NBA star on Thursday hit out at ...

“If people want to celebrate it, I don’t have a problem with it. “If you don’t want to celebrate, strop trying to cancel other people’s joy.” “If you change the date it’s just going to move the goalposts.”

Congratulations to Canberra Raiders board member Katrina Fanning after she was awarded Australia Day honours yesterday.