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Sydney (AFP) - Thousands protested Australia's increasingly divisive national day Thursday as the public debates whether the country's Indigenous population should be recognised in the constitution.

The incident was one of several on Adelaide's roads to attract the attention of SA Police, who were also arrested an alleged drink driver spotted asleep at the wheel at traffic lights.

Australia Day is being marked by reflection and revelry, with events held across the nation from first light.

It has been 20 years since The Wilcannia Mob released their groundbreaking single about jumping off the bridge and playing some didge. Now, their community wants to see more support for its young people, like the program that helped make the band famous.

After Australia imposed additional COVID-19 testing requirements on travellers from China, Beijing has left Australia off a list of 20 countries Chinese travellers on guided group tours can visit.

The first January 26 protest was held in 1938, when a thousand-strong group of Aboriginal men and women marched through Sydney protesting more than a century of brutal treatment.

Three years since the pandemic began, the centres of our big cities are still struggling to find a new identity and business model amid the boom in working from home.

She took to TikTok for advice after discovering someone allegedly slipped an AirTag device into her bag

Australia Day events have been held across the nation while Indigenous protesters have called for a renewed focus on treaty.