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Forgotten verses of Advance Australia Fair we'd be embarrassed to sing today

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Forgotten verses of Advance Australia Fair we'd be embarrassed to sing today  - Despite this, Advance Australia Fair is one of our most beloved tunes. But the song we ... Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, of course.

No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country

No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country  -  Australia Day is a good day for immigrants, the descendants of immigrants and Indigenous ... In those moments, I feel for Aboriginal people. Last year I ...

Maybe we should try some respect'

Maybe we should try some respect'  -  Aboriginal Australians were here first. They watched the ships arrive in Botany Bay. Many died of smallpox all around Sydney Harbour soon after the ...

Shane Howard sees irony in Australia Day honour for song on Indigenous genocide

Shane Howard sees irony in Australia Day honour for song on Indigenous genocide  - How can I not be interested in the settlement of Australia and the complications for Aboriginal people, when it's your birthday?” he said. “This award is ...

Are we a racist nation?

Are we a racist nation?  - It is raised in moments such as Pauline Hanson's claim, referring to the Aboriginal flag, that Australia should have "one flag", when our nation had a ...

Thousands rally for Aboriginal rights, denounce Australia Day in Melbourne

Thousands rally for Aboriginal rights, denounce Australia Day in Melbourne  - Thousands rallied in Melbourne on Tuesday, commemorating the suffering the Aboriginal people experienced after the 1788 First Fleet landing on ...

It is beyond time for Britain to apologise to Australia's Indigenous people

It is beyond time for Britain to apologise to Australia's Indigenous people  - Meanwhile in 1995 Queen Elizabeth apologised to New Zealand's biggest Maori tribe for Britain's devastation of its lands. It is beyond time for Britain ...

Step Up Taranaki and dance to the beat of Poi E

Step Up Taranaki and dance to the beat of Poi E  - The project was designed to be a showpiece to the rest of New Zealand , ... we'll load the movement onto the web or Facebook so people can learn it ...