The Latest Breaking News from Australia Day

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.

Almost every single AFL club have posted about the pain and suffering that January 26 signifies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

The day kicked off in Canberra with a citizen ceremony and flag raising at Rond Terrace in Commonwealth Park.

Thousands rallied against the mistreatment of Indigenous people across Australia on Wednesday as citizenship ceremonies took place to mark the country's national day intended to celebrate the birth of modern Australia.

Nearly 60% of respondents support changing the day or keeping it and establishing a separate day to recognise Indigenous Australians

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On the Australia Day weekend in 1952, a group of die-hard film buffs put on a film festival. They had selected the leafy hills of Olinda in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges for the event. They expected 80 people – but more than 600 turned up!