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The threats — real or imagined — to Australia Day

Is the national day under threat? Has it ever been? We break down the numbers.

Crikey

Jan 26: Australians Dipping Their Support For Changing The Date, But Why?

Another year, another January 26 and a revisit to the continuing “Australia Day” conversation turned conservative culture war.

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Captain Cook statue vandalised again before controversial ‘Australia Day’

A statue of the British explorer is splashed with red paint and vandalised in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

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Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people: new research

After many years of heated debate over whether January 26 is an appropriate date to celebrate Australia Day – with some councils and other groups shifting away from it – the tide appears to be turning among some groups.

The Conversation

The Australia Day conversation is boring – but 26 January marks an incredible history of Indigenous resistance

‘Changing the date’ has little to do with why we march on 26 January. In taking to the streets, we honour those who kept the fires of resistance burning before us

The Guardian - AU

One media-approved recipe for Australia Day outrage (now with Dutton substitutes!)

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'Oi, oi, oi': Australia Day celebrated with surf, stumps and a schooey

'There's a community spirit'.

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Sports move against Australia Day, call for date change

All of Australia's major sporting codes have dropped the use of 'Australia Day' on social media, with clubs and national teams calling for a change of date.

AAP

Australia Day is on the nose – it’s becoming harder to defend celebrating the date of an apocalypse

No matter how indignantly the woke-as-a-pejorative crowd screech on their op-ed pages and airwaves, the cultural tide on 26 January is ebbing fast

The Guardian - AU

I don’t understand your January 26 parties, but there’s a day ahead I’ll be celebrating

The shallow and toxic political posturing surrounding ‘Australia Day’ is bruising for First Nations peoples. But in Victoria, at least, there is hope in Treaty.

Crikey

Smith joins Cummins in calling for new Australia Day

Steve Smith has become the second high-profile cricketer in two days to push the case for a change of date for Australia Day.

AAP

Pat Cummins backs calls for Australia Day rethink

National cricket captain Pat Cummins has become the highest-profile sporting star to call for a move away from marking Australia Day on January 26.

AAP

Don’t Fall For Peter Dutton’s Grift: People Fighting Over Culture Wars Is What He Wants

Peter Dutton started a culture war about Woolworths' Australia Day catalogue. Here's why we need to be weary of outrage media.

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Let’s call it a day: January 26 is not for celebrating

Australia Day is a day of pain for First Nations peoples — and an excuse for ‘white-bred’ Aussies to have a piss-up, say Crikey readers.

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Dutton’s parting gift: Conservative Australia Day outrage, a Christmas tradition

Peter Dutton used his final pre-Christmas press conference to bestow upon us (yet again) the gift of indignation over January 26.

The Guardian - AU

Mundine calls for Australia Day date change and backs treaties despite opposing voice

Warren Mundine, a leading anti-voice campaigner, made the comments despite his no campaign warning against such ‘radical’ changes

The Guardian - AU

Australia Day, link roads and tax policy: the voice debate can only get better outside parliament

Depending on which critics you asked this week, the voice is either a toothless tiger or a threat to treasured institutions –it can’t be both

ABC News

Geelong scraps Australia Day celebrations in unanimous council vote about January 26

Geelong council will permanently cease referring to January 26 as Australia Day, as part of a series of changes to how the city commemorates the contentious date.

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The Conversation

Welcome to May 9 – the true Australia Day

We missed out on a holiday for the king’s coronation.

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Fights erupt after Australia Day manslaughter acquittal

Joshua Lindsay Elkerton-Sandy has been found not guilty of manslaughter after an 18-year-old was fatally stabbed at a 2020 Australia Day party.

AAP

Australia Day stabbing 'self defence' against intruders

A man accused of stabbing a teenager after a group gatecrashed his Australia Day party in Brisbane is on trial for manslaughter.

AFP

Gardner spins Australia Day backlash into match-winning performance

Cape Town (AFP) - Ashleigh Gardner says she sought strength from the backlash she faced after protesting the re-scheduling of an international on a politically sensitive date as she inspired Australia to a crushing Women's T20 World Cup win over New Zealand.

AAP

Cops injured in mass Australia Day melee

Two police officers were injured and 10 people arrested during two Australia Day brawls involving about 150 people in Perth.

The Canberra Times

Two-year-old steals the show at Australia Day citizenship ceremony with the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wasn't fazed by the youngster's tantrum

AAP

Australia Day stirs patriotism, past sins

Australia Day was celebrated nationwide with flags and citizenship ceremonies but it also inspired massive protests as the political tide changes.

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