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Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Australia Day praised the patience and resilience of Australians who, along with the ...

Australia Day 2021 on your ABC Posted SatSaturday 23 Tune into the ABC for a smorgasbord of events to mark Australia Day. ( Print text only January 26, 2021 is a time to reflect on our history, celebrate our nation, its achievements and its people. See details of the complete coverage here. Australian of the Year Awards 7:30pm (AEDT) on January 25. Hamish Macdonald and Susie Youssef will host the ceremony, which will include special performances by Christine Anu. The awards will be broadcast on ABC TV + iview, ABC Local Radio and the ABC News channel (Ch 24). They will also be streamed...

American flag draped over their casket and how meaningful that is. some people say those american heros died to protect our freedom of speech and burning the american flag is part of that. what do you say to those folks? >> i disagree that it's speech. millions upon millions of people have an emotional attachment to that flag because they served in the military or somebody served in the military, someone that loved was buried under that flag. if you think about our flag, it's a powerful flag. you go back to the flag raising in world war ii, the picture of marines raising the flag in the pacifi...

In his first message to the forces shanahan said as acting secretary of defense i look forward to working with president trump to carry out his vision alongside strong leaders, including the service secretaries, joint chiefs of staff, the combatant commanders and senior personnel in the office of the secretary of defense. one of the biggest threats he faces is china who celebrated 2019 with a flag raising in beijing. china continued to test missiles last year including the launch of a new type of ballistic missile from a submarine in november. experts say the u.s. must spend more on defense to...

In beijing's tiananmen square. tell us about the big event there. >> reporter: the national people's congress is set to kick off at this building right over here, the great hall of the people. we've already had to pass through two layers of security to get to this point but you can see the chinese military keeping us and everybody else a far distance away. there are crowds out here. you can see a lot of people came earlier to see the flag raising. one thing you will not see here are any pro testders who oppose the move that china is about to make, abolishing presidential term limits, allowing ...