The PM gave Maddie her citizenship papers;she handed him a plea for help

The PM gave Maddie her citizenship papers;she handed him a plea for help

When Iranian academic Mahdiyeh Razeghi heard Anthony Albanese would host her citizenship ceremony,she knew she had to make her case.

  • byPaul Sakkal

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As it happened Australia Day 2023:Taryn Brumfitt named Australian of the Year;honours list revealed

As it happened Australia Day 2023:Taryn Brumfitt named Australian of the Year;honours list revealed

Documentary maker Taryn Brumfitt has been named the 2023 Australian of the Year. Almost half of this year’s awards in the general division of the Order of Australia are women.

  • byBroede Carmody andCaroline Schelle
Division over Voice as huge crowd turns out for Invasion Day rally

Division over Voice as huge crowd turns out for Invasion Day rally

Anger,despair and pride filled central Melbourne on Thursday as tens of thousands marched from Parliament House to Federation Square.

  • byBianca Hall
Mourning and celebration:Melbourne marks January 26

Mourning and celebration:Melbourne marks January 26

Invasion Day protests have again drawn tens of thousands of people to Melbourne’s CBD,on a day when Australians expressed mixed feelings of celebration,anger,ambivalence – and in some corners,bigotry.

  • byRachael Dexter,Cara Waters,Bianca Hall,Carla Jaeger andCarolyn Webb
‘I’ve never celebrated’:Why some people are working on Australia Day

‘I’ve never celebrated’:Why some people are working on Australia Day

Young people and big businesses are changing how Australia Day is observed,with many choosing to work rather than take a public holiday.

  • byNajma Sambul andMillie Muroi
‘We are the voice’:Sydney Invasion Day speakers reject Voice to parliament

‘We are the voice’:Sydney Invasion Day speakers reject Voice to parliament

Tens of thousands of people packed Belmore Park in inner Sydney for the annual rally,calling for land rights,self-determination and a reduction of deaths in custody.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
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Australian of the Year a win for body acceptance,but there’s still work to be done

Australian of the Year a win for body acceptance,but there’s still work to be done

Activists and academics in the body image space hope Taryn Brumfitt’s victory will open the door for other voices to be heard.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Neo-nazis crash Merri-bek council mourning ceremony
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Neo-nazis crash Merri-bek council mourning ceremony

A group of white supremacists gatecrashed a Merri-bek City Council mourning ceremony in Coburg on Thursday,holding Australian flags and banners with racist slogans on them.

Tribal Warrior fetches flame from island to Sydney smoking ceremony

Tribal Warrior fetches flame from island to Sydney smoking ceremony

Australia’s oldest working timber boat collected the flame from Me-Mel for the WugulOra morning ceremony at Barangaroo Reserve on Thursday.

  • byBillie Eder
Opera House sails shine in celebration of First Nations people

Opera House sails shine in celebration of First Nations people

Kamilaroi woman Rhonda Sampson’s artwork Diyan Warrane will be projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House to honour First Nations women.

  • byBillie Eder
A failed Voice referendum will kill hopes of reconciliation for good

A failed Voice referendum will kill hopes of reconciliation for good

Do not make our First Peoples pay for the failure of politicians to collaborate constructively on this sensible proposal.

  • byNoel Pearson