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60% of Australians want to keep Australia Day on January 26, but those under 35 disagree

Image: Dean Lewins/AAP The issue of when or whether to celebrate Australia Day seems to have become stuck in a loop of fierce debate without resolution. There are...

There have always been arguments about who gets what: the surprising history of Australia’s honours system

Image: Shutterstock Australia Day honours will be announced this week, and, if recent announcements are any indication, they are likely to generate considerable public debate. In...

Toxicity swirls around January 26, but we can change the nation with a Voice to parliament

 Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP We are at the day of the nation’s annual ritual of celebrating the arrivals, while not formally recognising the ancient peoples who were...

Yes, this continent was invaded in 1788 – an international law expert explains

By International law definition this country was invaded Should we remember January 26 1788 as “Invasion Day”? The colonisation of Australia was an invasion from an...

White, male and straight – how 30 years of Australia Day speeches leave most Australians out

Scott Morrison emphasised national unity in his Australia Day address last year, but this is not the message that everyone wants to hear. Facebook Last year...

POTATO JACK

Potato Jack often left home without his jacket on. His mum warned him he’d catch his death, but she was wrong. Just like she...

THE FINAL STAGE – Adrian Rawlins review of what he called “My lost masterpiece”.

It started out like a normal day for the man of the house. He had breakfast with his wife. She was no warmer or...

WEEKENDS & HOBBIES & ROAST DINNERS

I was asked a few questions recently by a new friend that really had me thinking. Scrambling for answers actually, and aware of the...

JESUS – THE JEWISH DILEMMA

Who is Jesus Christ? The facts are he was born Yeshua ben Yosef – a simple man from a simple town. Born at a...

THE POWER OF IDIOTS

I sit in this room, this crumbling room I grew to love, cluttered by the mementoes of a crumbled life. Framed photographs of friends,...
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