Australia Day

ctivist group Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance put the signs up this morning

Far-left activists’ Cook protest

Activists have put up signs reading “Rest in Piss Australia Day” and “Abolish Australia Day” at Cooks’ Cottage in Melbourne.

REMY VARGA

The Nation

2019 AUSTRALIAN of the YEAR AWARDS RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUS EIN CANBERRA.L-R: Cave Divers Craig Challen and Dr Richard Harris.Picture: Gary Ramage

Weary finalists’ last hurdle

Heroic cave divers, champion athletes and relentless community advocates are “shattered” are facing one last challenge ahead of the final celebration tonight.

Rick Morton

National Affairs

23/1/19: Mohamed Yehia, wife Shahira and kids Youssef, 11, Faris, 8 and Jasmin, 5 plus Rosie the dog at a park near their home at Beaumont Hills in Outer Sydney.. He and his 2 sons will become Australian citizens. John Feder/The Australian

Conservative MPs push to protect January 26

Peter Dutton throws his support behind a move by conservative MPs to legislate January 26 as the date of Australia Day.

Greg Brown and SASCHA O’SULLIVAN

Australia DayNational Affairs

06/01/2019: Acting Leader of the Opposition, Tanya Plibersek, in Rosebery on Sunday announcing LaborÕs plan to get the best and brightest Australians to study teaching. Labor would like have mandatory cut-off score for teachers if they're elected. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Labor to set quotas for honours

Labor will introduce gender targets into the Australia Day honours system if it wins the election.

Greg Brown

Opinion

Senator Dean Smith listening to MP's talk on the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra.

Defend day of unity

The majority has spoken — so let’s legislate to guard our national day.

DEAN SMITH

Indigenous

Liberal candidate for Gilmore Warren Mundine and Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference at the Nowra Golf Club in Nowra, Wednesday, January 23, 2019. The Liberal party has announced former ALP president Warren Mundine as its candidate for Gilmore. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Oz Day not Mundine’s priority

Warren Mundine plays down push to change date of Australia Day, saying there are more pressing issues for Aboriginal people.

Greg Brown

National Affairs

Linda Willmott with former Premier and beyondblue Chairman Jeff Kennett.

Kennett: change Oz Day date

Jeff Kennett argues that retaining January 26 as Australia Day will “forever put a white line between us and our First Peoples”.

Remy Varga

Indigenous

Prime Minister Scott Morrison with the people of the Guguyimithirr tribe at Reconciliation Rocks, Cooktown, Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Scott Morrison visited Cooktown to announce $5.5 million to support Cooktown's 2020 Festival. (AAP Image/Marc McCormack) NO ARCHIVING

ALP leader wary of Cook ‘fetish’

Bill Shorten has called Scott Morrison’s backing for a commemorative voyage a “bizarre Captain Cook fetish”.

Charlie Peel and Jared Owens

commentOpinion

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australia Day discord devised by academe

To understand the self-loathing narrative pushed about the date of Australia Day, you need only examine how our history is taught.

BELLA D’ABRERA

Media

Boney joins Australia Day debate

The new entertainment reporter on Nine’s rebooted Today says she can’t celebrate Australia Day on 26 January.

Lilly Vitorovich

CommentPeter van Onselen

EMBARGOED UNTIL: 29/01/13... PIX STRICTLY FOR ONE-OFF LEARN POSTER - MUST CREDIT STATE LIBRARY OF NSW -The Founding of Australia. By Capt. Arthur Phillip R.N. Sydney Cove, Jan. 26th 1788| / Original [oil] sketch [1937] by Algernon Talmage R.A First Fleet, 1787-1788. (1) Picture: Supplied

Childish reaction to protest

Scott Morrison’s attempts to quash dissent in the odd council over Australia Day ceremonies should be beneath a PM.

Peter Van Onselen

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