Fairer tax cuts:How can we move forward if outrage always trumps discussion?

Fairer tax cuts:How can we move forward if outrage always trumps discussion?

What a convoluted and outlandish manoeuvre Peter Dutton is employing in attempting to convince voters that Anthony Albanese’s reform of the tax legislation is a betrayal.

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Deaths in custody,statues,Gaza:Melbourne brims with tension through another January 26
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Deaths in custody,statues,Gaza:Melbourne brims with tension through another January 26

Police say 35,000 people attended the anti-Australia Day protest – peppered with references to the war in Gaza – bringing parts of the city to a standstill.

  • byRachael Dexter andAshleigh McMillan
‘Honour,respect and mourning’:Sydney marks Australia Day

‘Honour,respect and mourning’:Sydney marks Australia Day

Australia Day was a generally reserved and reflective occasion in Sydney,as locals marked the increasingly contested national day in a variety of ways.

  • byAnthony Segaert andSally Rawsthorne
Police escort man out of North Sydney station after Australia Day confrontation
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Police escort man out of North Sydney station after Australia Day confrontation

A man is escorted by police after a group of neo-Nazi's were detained at North Sydney train station on Australia Day.

As it happened:Australia Day 2024:Richard Scolyer,Georgina Long named Australians of the Year;honours revealed,protests planned around nation

As it happened:Australia Day 2024:Richard Scolyer,Georgina Long named Australians of the Year;honours revealed,protests planned around nation

Pioneering doctors named Australians of the Year as higher education research to the fore in this year’s honours.

  • byCaroline Schelle
Large crowds gather in Sydney to protest Australia Day
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Large crowds gather in Sydney to protest Australia Day

Thousands of supporters have rallied in Sydney's CBD for the annual “Invasion Day” protest for Aboriginal rights.

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‘He could have drowned’:How these young surf lifesavers rescued a kayaker off the WA coast

‘He could have drowned’:How these young surf lifesavers rescued a kayaker off the WA coast

The brothers’ bravery was recognised at an Australia Day awards ceremony on Friday,where they were presented with the Young Community Citizen of the Year award.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘I don’t want to die’:Heart-wrenching speech brings tears to my eyes

‘I don’t want to die’:Heart-wrenching speech brings tears to my eyes

Thousands of lives have been saved,including my own,after a doctor became a guinea pig for a radical form of treatment.

  • byGarry Maddox
It will take way more than lamb shanks to fix our fragmented nation
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It will take way more than lamb shanks to fix our fragmented nation

Australia is a country bisected by its national day,and divided over much else:rich and poor,young and old,left and right.

  • byNick Bryant
‘Pain and sorrow’:NRL issues message to First Nations people on Australia Day

‘Pain and sorrow’:NRL issues message to First Nations people on Australia Day

While the NRL hasn’t weighed in on whether the date should be changed,it issued a statement on social media acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
The Sydney suburb that’s a microcosm of modern Australia

The Sydney suburb that’s a microcosm of modern Australia

People still say g’day in the street but celebrating Australia Day is not a straightforward affair.

  • byJessica McSweeney