Cricket reveals plan to ‘respectfully deliver’ Australia Day games

Cricket reveals plan to ‘respectfully deliver’ Australia Day games

The desire to restore cricket to the contentious date is revealed in CA’s latest Reconciliation Action Plan.

  • byJon Pierik

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Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26

Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26

City of Wanneroo staff said the decision to change or retain the date of its Australia Day citizenship ceremony was likely to cause upset either way.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Tennis ratings wipeout fears led to cricket avoiding Australia Day

Tennis ratings wipeout fears led to cricket avoiding Australia Day

Fears of a broadcast ratings wipeout in the face of the Australian Open men’s final led Cricket Australia to avoid playing on Australia Day next January.

  • byDaniel Brettig
‘It unleashes horrible hatred’:The price Bridget Brennan has paid for speaking up

‘It unleashes horrible hatred’:The price Bridget Brennan has paid for speaking up

At the start of her career,the ABC News Breakfast co-host was told she didn’t sound right for television. She’s since found her voice.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Too big for their boots’:See what your local election candidates say about Gaza,antisemitism and Australia Day

‘Too big for their boots’:See what your local election candidates say about Gaza,antisemitism and Australia Day

Use our interactive to read what candidates in Greater Melbourne said when asked if councils should make statements on social issues along with managing roads,rates and rubbish.

  • byTom Cowie andNathanael Scott
Buy gum! How our British bash got a bit expensive and didn’t bring the brass

Buy gum! How our British bash got a bit expensive and didn’t bring the brass

It was the off again,on again Australia Day celebration in London that almost didn’t happen,and now we’ve got the bill.

  • byLiam Mannix andKishor Napier-Raman
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Bigger and better than Australia Day,let’s have the Australia Long Weekend

Bigger and better than Australia Day,let’s have the Australia Long Weekend

It is for the Australian people,individually and collectively,to make the decision when and how we want to celebrate our nation. It is up to us to create our own history and help unite the nation.

  • byElizabeth Elliott,Geoff Cousins andPhil Jenkyn
‘There is nothing like proving someone wrong to motivate you’:Brooke Boney

‘There is nothing like proving someone wrong to motivate you’:Brooke Boney

The 37-year-old surprised everyone when she announced she was walking away from her high-profile breakfast television job. Her next move? Oxford University.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Don’t just tinker with Anzac Day. What about our other public holidays?
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Anzac Day

Don’t just tinker with Anzac Day. What about our other public holidays?

Is it appropriate to commemorate our nation’s military history by drinking like a fish at your local,but inappropriate to shop for Anzac biscuit ingredients at the supermarket?

  • byMary Ward
Slow motion checkout by Woolworths chief executive a bad look

Slow motion checkout by Woolworths chief executive a bad look

The chief executive of Woolworths,Brad Banducci,is retiring on a bad note with many Australians.

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Fresh twist in tale of cancelled UK Australia Day event

Fresh twist in tale of cancelled UK Australia Day event

The Australian High Commission in London scrapped an Australia Day event following consultation with its First Nations working group,new documents reveal.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell