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Three inner-city Melbourne councils have already controversially dumped Australia Day and pushed to move the holiday from January 26. BUMPER GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON IN MELBOURNE THIS AUSTRALIA DAY ...

Sixty years ago next Sunday, on June 27th 1939, Kathleen Daly Clarke was elected the first woman Lord Mayor of Dublin ...

In an enormous attack on public education, the state Labor government in Victoria has secretly slashed more than $2.4 billion in promised school funding over the next six years.

Why is the flag at half staff today in NJ? Gov. Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 390, ordering U.S. and NJ flags fly at half-staff today, June 18, to honor the life of former Mercer County ...

Half Hollow Hills (18-3) will face Section I’s Scarsdale (21-0) at 11 a.m. Sunday for the state title, continuing a postseason run that includes a win over defending state champion Plainview-Old ...

As a mark of respect for the victims, their families, and the many affected by this tragedy, I hereby direct the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at ...

U.S. presidents can also declare that flags be flown at half-staff on the death of a notable person, according to the site. In those cases, the flag would be flown at half-staff in these instances: ...

All flags on City properties will be flown at half-mast today in honor of former Councilor Lawrence “Larry” Scott, as a tribute on the day of his funeral. A spokesperson said, ...

Victoria Police is making more arrests than ever before, but almost half of all crimes committed in the past 12 months remain unsolved, newly released crime statistics show.

It usually depends on where the flag is being flown. In America, flags flown on land are from staffs, while half-mast refers to flags flown from ships and at naval stations ashore.

Global retail behemoth Amazon has ceased all sales of machetes in Australia, prompted one week after revelations from the Herald Sun they were being sold online despite the statewide ban.