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| UpdatedThe City of Fremantle axes its Australia Day festivities in favour of a "culturally-inclusive alternative" celebration two days later.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, australia-day, local-government, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian mayor says his council is shifting the date of its Australia Day awards because of a venue shortage rather than Aboriginal sensitivities.
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| UpdatedA Perth council which had been considering an Australia Day fireworks event after Fremantle cancelled its display decides not to go ahead next year after concerns from Aboriginal people.
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The City of Fremantle cancels its annual Australia Day fireworks from 2017 in order to do something more "culturally appropriate".
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| UpdatedThe Australia Day public concert held each year in Canberra is cancelled, with organisers citing storms as one of the reasons for the decision.
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The Young Australians of the Year, the men behind Orange Sky Laundry, will drive from Brisbane to Melbourne next week collecting positive Australians as they go.
Topics: community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, homelessness, australia-day, brisbane-4000
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Australian flag taken at Adelaide River's railway museum, which commemorates the WW2 effort in the region.
Topics: australia-day, history, adelaide-river-0846
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Australian flag taken at Adelaide River's railway museum, which commemorates the WW2 effort in the region.
Topics: australia-day, history, adelaide-river-0846
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Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia is not just about grand speeches or moving Australia Day, it is about empowering Aboriginal communities to make their own changes and overcoming racism — one bigot at a time, Kia Dowell writes.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, australia-day, multiculturalism, race-relations
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| UpdatedA controversial stubby holder depicting a silhouetted naked woman standing against an Australian flag, given as a gift at a citizenship ceremony, sparks outcry on social media.
Topics: australia-day, social-media, nelson-bay-2315, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedFormer NRL star Joe Williams will not be returning his Citizen of the Year award after a local Wagga Wagga councillor criticised his decision to remain seated during the national anthem.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia-day, awards-and-prizes, nrl, rugby-league, sport, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedFormer New South Wales NRL player Joe Williams receives backing of a member of the Wiradjuri Council of Elders for his refusal to stand during the national anthem at an Australia Day awards ceremony.
Topics: aboriginal, australia-day, indigenous-culture, indigenous-protocols, local-government, regional, wagga-wagga-2650
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Seven Mid North Coast resisdents have been recognised with Australia Day honours.
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South Australian doctor Rachel Hawker has just spent her first Australia Day at Casey Station, and it was just like home except 30 degrees cooler.
Topics: australia-day, human-interest, adelaide-5000, antarctica, naracoorte-5271
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| UpdatedNew England Citizens of the Year have been recognised for their humanitarian work, this Australia Day.
Topics: australia-day, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, armidale-2350, tamworth-2340
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Glen Innes recognises its best
Topics: australia-day, glen-innes-2370
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Record set for thong throwing
Topics: australia-day, armidale-2350
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Access to health services, taking care of family and encouraging more girls to study science and engineering are just a few of the issues on the minds of central Queensland's outstanding young achievers.
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| UpdatedAfter receiving death threats, Castlemaine's Jim Coad cancelled the time of his Chuck Another Flag on the Barbie? event and created an art installation using barbeques and Barbie dolls.
Topics: australia-day, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, local-government, visual-art, castlemaine-3450
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Topics: installation, australia-day, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, castlemaine-3450