Australia Day has always been controversial
It’s nothing new for the national holiday to be plagued by debates over its meaning and significance. Indeed, that’s become part and parcel of the day itself.
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It’s nothing new for the national holiday to be plagued by debates over its meaning and significance. Indeed, that’s become part and parcel of the day itself.
'I understand its construction has not been totally without problems,' Queen Elizabeth wryly noted on that day 50 years ago, when the edifice that would become both the pride and symbol of Sydney finally opened its doors. Clutching skirt and speech notes against a blustery wind, Her Majesty ventured the Opera House would be deemed a wonder of the world. In this, as with so many things, insight did not fail her
December 21, 2005 James Fulford writes: The riot...
In August 1973, Gough Whitlam and Al Grassby made multiculturalism a cornerstone of our Australian story. Their policy paper, A multicultural society for the future, marked the first formal acknowledgement of multicultural Australians by federal government.
Ghassan Hage has made a singularly powerful contribution to our understanding of Australian and global racism, and the politics of domination and resistance.