Australia Day

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was a 'difficult day' for indigenous peoples, but there were no plans to change the holiday date.

Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous senator for the progressive Greens party, on Wednesday threatened to oppose the Voice unless the referendum question includes acknowledgement that traditional owners never gave up their land. Australia’s indigenous people have occupied the land for at least 65,000 years. “If not now, when will this change occur? While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was a “difficult day” for indigenous peoples, there were no plans to change the holiday’s date. The referendum, expected to be held between August and November, would enshrine the Voice in the constitution Mr Albanese committed to the referendum on the day his Labour Party government was elected in May last year. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was a ‘difficult day’ for indigenous peoples, but there were no plans to change the holiday date

Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous injustice.

They die younger than other Australians, achieve lower education levels, are less likely to be employed and are overrepresented in prison populations. “If not now, when will this change occur? “This year is the most important year in the relationship between the natives of Australia and its so-called settlers in the 235 years since the landing of the First Fleet,” Pearson wrote Thursday in The Sydney Morning Herald, referring to the 11 British ships carrying convicts that established Sydney as a penal colony.

The Australia Day protests come ahead of a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an Indigenous voice to Parliament.

[referendum](https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/first-meetings-referendum-working-group-referendum-engagement-group-29-09-2022)on whether to enshrine in the Australian constitution an [Indigenous voice](https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/first-meetings-referendum-working-group-referendum-engagement-group-29-09-2022)to Parliament. [Sydney Morning Herald](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-are-the-voice-sydney-invasion-day-speakers-reject-voice-to-parliament-20230126-p5cfpe.html) reports. [Linda Burney](https://www.axios.com/2022/06/01/australia-new-cabinet-sworn-in-record-13-women-ministers) has said the Indigenous voice to Parliament would enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to provide advice at all government levels on laws and policies affecting their lives and address longstanding "housing, health and educational" disparities and incarceration and child removal," per [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/05/what-is-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-australia-how-would-it-work-why-should-we-have-it-explainer#:~:text=The%20minister%20for%20Indigenous%20Australians,policies%20that%20affect%20their%20lives.). [colonialism](https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-a-slave-state-how-blackbirding-in-colonial-australia-created-a-legacy-of-racism-187782) and its [racist legacy](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13613324.2014.969224) had on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians who'd lived in the country for [tens of thousands](https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/australias-first-peoples#:~:text=There%20are%20varying%20estimates%20for,of%20over%20two%20hundred%20islands.) of years before the British arrived — or abolish it altogether. [Australia Day](https://www.axios.com/2021/01/26/australia-invasion-day-protest-covid-19-photos) national holiday marking the anniversary of a British fleet landing in the country for the first time on Jan. Of note: Some speakers at Thursday's Invasion Day protests in central Sydney dismissed the proposed Indigenous voice to Parliament as a "box-ticking exercise" that would not result in any meaningful changes, the

Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous injustice, focusing national ...

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A referendum due later this year would create an Indigenous body known as the Voice to address Parliament on Indigenous issues.

They die younger than other Australians, achieve lower education levels, are less likely to be employed, and are overrepresented in prison populations. “If not now, when will this change occur? Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous injustice, focusing national attention on a new government push to acknowledge Australia’s first inhabitants in the constitution.

On Jan. 26, 1788, 11 British ships arrived in Australia and established the Colony of New South Wales. Although this was not the first time Europeans had ...

Shelby 'Bilby' Mills spent her public holiday partying with mates at a lavish waterfront home on the Gold Coast, while downplaying the event as just 'drinks ...

She posted a slew of photos and videos from the party, which was attended by dozens of bikini-clad women The decision to celebrate or boycott Australia Day has become a hot topic in recent years Shelby rose to fame on season one of Love Island Australia in 2018, and is now a successful influencer and OnlyFans performer.

Police are investigating multiple riots which broke out across the city, including one incident in East Perth that involved bricks and broken pavers being ...

Don't take it out at police officers who are working unsocial hours and doing their best to protect property and keep the community safe." A police spokeswoman said multiple people were arrested and investigations into the incident were also ongoing. When police attempted to break up a group of about 150 people, several people threw rocks and bottles in the direction of officers but no injuries were reported.

Several people are arrested and two officers are injured as police declare two out-of-control gatherings in Perth's city centre overnight.

Two police officers were taken to hospital, one with a shoulder injury and the other with a head injury. A WA Police spokesperson said bricks and broken pavers were thrown at police as they dispersed the crowd. "Police responded to a number of people arming themselves with projectiles including broken paving bricks and a person armed with a tomahawk," Sergeant Fuller said.

An officer was struck in the head as police donned riot gear to quell separate mass fights in Perth's CBD late on Australia Day.

An out-of-control gathering was declared and the regional operations group was called in again to disperse the crowd. As officers moved to disperse the crowd of about 150 people, rocks and bottles were thrown at police, and the regional operations group was called in as the incident was declared an out-of-control gathering. A WA Police spokeswoman said officers were first called to the Perth Train Station on Wellington Street just after 10pm on reports of two large groups of people fighting.

Riots have marred Australia Day celebrations in Perth's CBD, with two police officers injured and multiple people arrested in ugly clashes overnight.

A number of arrests were made but unfortunately two officers were injured. Once again, an out-of-control gathering was declared and regional operations group officers attended to help disperse the crowd. . .whilst effecting the arrest of a person. One person was armed with a tomahawk. “As a result, we declared an out-of-control gathering, police responded and we were able to disperse the group from the area. Police were peppered with rocks and bottles as they tried to disperse the 150-strong crowd.

Multiple arrests were made in Perth's CBD on Thursday night as officers were called to an out of control brawl at Perth train station.

Press PLAY to hear a local businesses account of the violence Press PLAY to hear the full details “At 8:30 I got a chair almost thrown at me so started to feel quite anxious and worried then,” she said.

Rioters unleashed rocks, bricks and bottles at police in two separate 'out of control' incidents on Thursday and Friday in the Perth CBD - after an earlier ...

Authorities were attempting to disperse the crowd when the rioters launched the projectiles at officers, police said (pictured, rioters at the scene) [ABC](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/police-pelted-with-rocks-bottles-bricks-in-perth-australia-day/101898458) the safety of the public and police were put at risk. Two officers were sent to hospital after being hurt in the brawl, one with a shoulder injury and the other with a head wound. Two officers were sent to hospital after being hurt in the second brawl, one with a shoulder injury and the other with a head wound (pictured, officers attempting to disperse crowds during the riots) Authorities were attempting to disperse the crowd when the rioters launched the projectiles at police. The vision showed officers standing out on the street as rioters abused police (pictured)

The PR queen, 43, who closed her Sweaty Betty PR agency in November after 18 years in business, was joined at the waterfront venue by a handful of friends ...

Because you can't run in them) and say goodbye to my working life as I know it.' 'But now it's time for me to hang my PR shoes up (and, no, they were never stilettos; they were trainers. The PR queen, who closed her Sweaty Betty PR agency in November after 18 years in business, was joined at the waterfront venue by a handful of friends and her husband Oliver Curtis (right)

Awkward moment Today's David Campbell admits he's got his choice of guests completely wrong for a 'change the date' debate - after Sunrise's 'Stolen Generation' ...

'We have an opportunity to have a treaty … that could put 10 independent Blak seats in the parliament today. The panel discussed changing the date of Australia and the proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament Australians are expected to vote in the second half of 2023 on Indigenous recognition in the Constitution and the establishment of an Indigenous body to advise parliament on issues that affect First Nations people. 'David is right, it's a bit odd. David Campbell has addressed the moment he discussed the controversy around the date of Australia Day on a panel without any Indigenous Australians