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Police investigate the vandalism in Melbourne - which included graffiti saying "the colony will fall".

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For a national day of celebration, Australia Day has had a varied, higgledy-piggledy and divisive history. In this, it echoes Australia itself and so provides a useful lens for reflecting on our national life. By Andrew Hamilton

Wondering how to be an ally for Indigenous people on January 26? We speak to the experts, including First Nations Elder Aunty Munya Andrews.

A Captain Cook statue was sprayed with a chilling message and sawn down while a Queen Victoria statue was left dripping in paint overnight.

After the Voice to Parliament referendum, researchers asked a sample of Australians how they felt about issues including changing the date of Australia Day.

A century-old Captain James Cook statue has been cut down and a Queen Victoria monument covered in red paint in an apparent protest in Australia.

The heroes of our nationhood were not resistance leaders or freedom fighters, but politicians and statesmen, most now forgotten or only half-remembered. Their creation is an achievement worth celebrating

A number of local councils have joined community groups and grass-roots organisations in calling for Australia's national day of celebration to be changed to a different date. NITV Radio spoke to representatives from local government, Aboriginal Corporations and community organisations about diverse First Nations perspectives around changing the date, as well as local efforts to make January 26 a more inclusive day.

The former electronics store tycoon has weighed in on the Australia Day row almost four decades after he first kickstarted the debate about the national celebration.