The Latest Breaking News from Australia Day

The City of Melbourne will support changing the date of Australia Day and will lobby the Federal Government to move celebrations from Jan 26.

A majority of City of Melbourne councillors vote to advocate for Australia Day to be moved from January 26 after a survey found 60 per cent of residents support the move.

The Australia Day Council is on notice after an independent review uncovered a workplace culture where board directors feel dismissed and disrespected.

Two men charged with the murder of Omega Ruston fatally shot in an alleged road rage incident on Australia Day 2009 have faced a Queensland court.

Ex-bikie enforcer Brent Simpson is among a group of men charged in connection to the Australia Day shooting murder of Omega Ruston on the Gold Coast more than 13 years ago.

At the national Australia Day ceremony in 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke of the contribution by frontline workers during the pandemic. He mentioned health workers, the defence forces, the police and farmers, as well as “the truck drivers, the wholesale and the retail workers keeping our supermarket shelves stocked”.

2022 saw a record number of Australia Day honours for women. We’re getting closer to gender equality, but there’s still work to be done.

The former Bachelorette posted then deleted an Insta post of her partying on January 26th. The post has been widely slammed online.

People around the nation protested in the name of Invasion Day while others called for Australia Day to be a time of reflection and celebration.