It’s Australia’s national day, but the crowd in central Sydney seethes in anger and cheers in solidarity with Indigenous Australians, many of whom view January 26 as nothing but the ...

The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression. By Mike Ives Some Australians were in no mood ...

The date is chosen, and we should have Australia Day and we celebrate it well.” However the move is likely to anger other local councils that have adopted the change.

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC, TOM HAYES, KATRINA BRANDON and LIAM DURKIN “We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We’ll share a dream and sing with one voice I am, you are, we are ...

We have been, and are always, open over Australia Day and we continue to book events for patrons,” added Australian Venue, which says it has 15 million customers a year and employs 9,600 people.

National myths are thin on the ground, and even the attempt to build one around Australia’s other de facto national day – ANZAC Day – is rather dubious.

Some people would like Australia Day moved from January 26; others think it should not be celebrated at all. Bianca de Marchi/AAP Our survey provides evidence that many of those who oppose ...