Mourning
Naarm gathered in the thousands below the steps of Victorian Parliament House to stand in solidarity, speak, listen and learn at the city's major Invasion Day rally.
Every year on January 26, Australians are asked to celebrate our nation. Yet, for First Peoples, this date marks not pride, but profound loss.
For First Peoples, January 26 marks the beginning of invasion, the start of dispossession, forced removal, and violence. That is why, in 1938, Yorta Yorta leader William Cooper and other Aboriginal le...
The Yorta Yorta community are preparing to honour their ancestors and continue the legacy of Uncle William Cooper in exercising their sovereign rights with a mourning ceremony on Country this weekend.
A senior Labor politician has promised to not change the date of Australia Day, as the culture war sparring hit a crescendo two days out from the national holiday.
Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin has labelled January 26 protests "hateful," as the new Liberal leader sides with businesses in Melbourne CBD.
In the shadow of the statue of Archie Roach and his long-time partner Ruby Hunter - who both pushed for Aboriginal recognition their entire lives - and down a lane Roach's music and legacy made famous...
The legacy of Indigenous rights activist and pastor William Cooper, and origins of NAIDOC, are central to continued calls for solidarity amongst Christian denominations ahead of January 26.
A Victorian MP who once appeared to argue people didn't say thank you enough for the benefits colonisation has brought has been elevated to the opposition front bench.
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