Anzac Day
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Anzac Day: details of ceremonies in Australia's major citiesThousands expected at commemorations on Monday to mark the 101st anniversary of the Gallipoli landing and the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day itself
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Terrorism fears partly blamed for drop in Anzac crowds in FrancePeople registered to attend dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux down by nearly 60% on those who took part last year
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Peter Greste: journalist and campaigner awarded Anzac Peace prizeGreste was subject of international outcry when imprisoned for 400 days in Cairo while working for Al Jazeera
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SBS and sacked reporter Scott McIntyre resolve dispute over Anzac Day tweetsMcIntyre’s lawyer, Josh Bornstein, accuses Malcolm Turnbull and Tim Wilson of trying to crush free speech
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Melbourne terrorism accused discussed using kangaroo for Anzac Day attack, court toldSevdet Ramadan Besim, who is accused of planning to behead a police officer, discussed packing a kangaroo with explosives and setting it loose on police, court hears
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Contrary to the ad, there’s no tradition of Australians eating lamb on Australia Day for the simple reason that, until recently, we ignored the day altogetherThe real problem is not the lamb ad but the militarisation of Australian nationalism
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The ugly outpouring of anti-Muslim hatred seen in the beach riots of 2005 could easily be repeated again today anywhere in AustraliaTen years on, Cronulla has learned its lesson. But has the rest of Australia?
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Australia's lavish spending on Anzac memorials cloaks a more distasteful realityThe government has put $552m towards the first world war centenary. As we pause for Remembrance Day, isn’t it time to stop spending millions on the dead and focus on living veterans?
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Keeping place for stolen Indigenous remains should take priority over Anzac centre
Postcolonial blog Keeping place for stolen Indigenous remains should take priority over Anzac centre
It’s time to scrap plans for the Sir John Monash Centre and reallocate money earmarked for Anzac commemorations towards a proper Indigenous memorial -
I lived and worked in Sydney for two years, and I got to know its people and its outsider’s view of the rest of the world. Here’s my take on AustralianaSo long and thanks for all the flat whites: an English view of Australia
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Anzac terror plotter's family 'shocked and devastated' – videoThe lawyer representing the 15-year-old teenager from Blackburn who plotted a terror attack on a remembrance ceremony gives a statement
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Scott McIntyre free to sue SBS for unfair dismissal over Anzac tweetsReporter sacked for tweets criticising Anzac jingoism deserves a fair hearing, Fair Work commissioner says, referring to freedoms Anzacs fought for
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Girl, 16, faces London court over links to alleged Melbourne Anzac Day attackTeenager charged with possessing ‘anarchy cookbook’ useful to someone preparing or committing an act of terrorism, and a recipe for explosives
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The One Day of the Year review – a perfect microcosm of Australian social tensionsAlan Seymour’s probing 1960 drama about the generational and class conflicts that rear up within one family on Anzac Day gets an excellent and timely revival
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What we learned from the weekend's TV: Graham Norton and Eurovision rule supremeOK, our man had loads of material to work with, thanks to the antics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and especially Mr Montenegro – but his commentary was fabulous. Elsewhere, Australia earned some serious respect with Anzac Girls
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Australian War Memorial: the remarkable rise and rise of the nation's secular shrineDirector Brendan Nelson talks about the Gallipoli centenary, being in charge of the world’s 17th most popular landmark and why victims of the frontier wars will have to wait for recognition
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Sports reporter Scott McIntyre to sue SBS for sacking over Anzac Day tweetsLawyers claim broadcaster breached its code of conduct when it fired McIntyre 12 hours after Twitter posts on Anzac Day that Malcolm Turnbull deemed ‘despicable’
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More charges for suspect in alleged Melbourne terrorist plotNew charges have been laid against Mehran Azami, one of three teenagers arrested in raids that are claimed to have thwarted an Islamic State-inspired plot
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Woolworths denies violating Anzac Day trading restrictions in NSW