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Intentionally divisive words and actions will never get us anywhere. Ive never understood why so many remain so staunchly against changing the date, and Im yet to hear many well-reasoned arguments. What harm does it cause? And more importantly, what is the big deal with making a move to ensure ALL Australians feel comfortable celebrating their country, instead of just some? "Because its tradition." Well guess what? Change the date, give it a few years, and you have a new tradition. And a ...

South Australia’s largest independent sporting magazine, The SA Footballer, has come under fire from the Indigenous football community after a “contentious” post on social media about January 26.  The post wished followers a "Happy Australia Day" and celebrated the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson as "the day our magnificent country was founded". The South Australian Footballer Magazine has been operating for 28-years. Its the main go to for content about grass roots football ...

And so we say goodbye to another Australia Day. Glorious sunshine on the Gold Coast. Beer and barbecues. Good times. A great day, so long as you didnt turn on the TV or the radio. Because a part of the annual tradition now is the well-worn, dreary debate about the date. For a nation that has so much to be proud of, we sure know how to talk ourselves down, especially on our national day. How to break the miserable cycle? This column does not have the answer, but offers these thoughts.   1....

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 11:00 am on January 27, 2021 | 23 comments The blunders just keep piling up for the dictator. Having already spiked higher Australia’s terms of trade with his trade war on himself, now the problem is food. Via the anti-Australian rabble at SCMP: Despite warnings that Chinese authorities might block Australian wheat amid an escalating political row, wheat exports to China surged last month, underscoring a year in which overall trade between the c...

MPs savage Albo’s ‘f***ing disaster’ idea Anthony Albanese’s “Captain’s Pick” has been lashed by his own party. Picture: Newscorp – Sunday Telegraph/Gaye Gerard News by Samantha Maiden 27th Jan 2021 1:44 PM Labor leader Anthony Albanese has copped a flogging on social media and from some of his own MPs for calling for a referendum on Australia Day on constitutional recognition for Abori...

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has sparked intense backlash for a suggestion that has been slammed as “crazy” by one of his own MPs.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has sparked intense backlash for a suggestion that has been slammed as “crazy” by one of his own MPs.

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY - Five people were arrested in Sydney in largely peaceful Australia Day protests on Tuesday (Jan 26) with thousands defying public health concerns and rallying across the nation against the mistreatment of the Indigenous people. The Jan 26 public holiday marks the date the British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the...

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has sparked intense backlash for a suggestion that has been slammed as “crazy” by one of his own MPs.

The celebration of the origins of the modern nation is a time of mourning for Indigenous Australians.