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Jackie O Henderson has called for the date of Australia Day to be changed.

Tony Abbott says bosses working on Australia Day should be more concerned with providing better goods and services and paying their staff higher wages over politically correct posturing. 

Sydneys CBD is dotted with 25 publicly funded statues of colonial figures and even some of their pets but there is not one statue commemorating a First Nations person on public land.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared it was fine to give workers a choice of working Australia Day or not, with many opting to take another day as a public holiday.

Nationals MP Matt Canavan has called on the federal government to introduce a plebiscite for Aussies to vote on keeping Australia Day.

Of the six First Nations award recipients interviewed, four said they would prefer the date of Australia Date be changed while two supported the existing date.

A push to shift controversial Australia Day is gaining momentum - and increasingly in workplaces.

Kamilaroi woman Rhonda Sampson’s artwork Diyan Warrane will be projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House to honour First Nations women.

Documentary maker Taryn Brumfitt has been named the 2023 Australian of the Year. Almost half of this year’s awards in the general division of the Order of Australia are women.

As Australians, we come together this year to mark our country’s 235th birthday.