A Bunch Of Influencers Are Getting Dragged For Their Performative Activism On Invasion Day
Influencers posting about how bad Australia Day is then going out to celebrate it just hours later? Sounds about right.
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Yesterday was Invasion Day, a day many Aussies still celebrate as Australia Day.
But while January 26 is traditionally known as a day of celebration and an excuse to get on the beers for white Australians, for Aboriginal people it’s a painful day of mourning and reminder of their survival.
In this opinion piece,
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ANDREW MATHIESON writes that the creation of Australia Day on January 26 was, for all intents and purposes, based on a lie.
MORE prophetic words could not be postulated regardless of which side of the debate Australians stand.
It is now anything but.
The ACT Greens that forms the territory’s coalition government with Labor marks January 26 as a “Day of Mourning” and have threatened not to recognise Australia Day celebrations.
It’s not that a better day can’t be found, but no worse date could have been chosen either.
It can be mystifying how non-indigenous Australians who historically and psychologically are unaffected by early massacres of Aboriginal people and the consequential Frontier Wars that was hidden from 20th century textbooks would strongly object to changing the date of Australia Day, should there still be another national day to commemorate both the modern nation-state and the continent that homed the
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The former prime minister believes the nation's way of life is under threat, pointing to rules against people sitting in the front seat of taxis, which he considers a mark of being Australian.
How did Australia get its name, and why is the national holiday so controversial?
26 January 2021 • 4:31pm
It s a controversial date in Australia, but for many Down Under, Australia Day, which falls on January 26 every year, is the perfect excuse for a few beers and a barbecue.
Marking the day in 1788, when British settlers arrived on Australian shores for the first time and Captain Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack at Sydney Cove, the celebration has been part of the national calendar since 1935, and a public holiday since 1994. For millions it s an opportunity to celebrate national pride, either by going to an organised event in their community or by meeting up with family and friends on the holiday.