Australia Day 2025 LIVE UPDATES: Dawn service kicks off national holiday despite outrage
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Australia Day has kicked off with millions of residents celebrating the national holiday across the country.
The long weekend has become a hot topic of debate with many calling for the date to be changed out of respect for the Aboriginal community.
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Australia Day ‘dawn service’ kicks off
Some pictures from Australia Day 2025
The celebrations, or otherwise, on the day have long begun.
Sam Newman’s astonishing act of disrespect during ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ ceremony
Sam Newman has been accused of an astonishing act of disrespect during an ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ in Victoria.
The former Footy Show host and AFL great was among the guests at an Australia Day function at the state’s Government House on Wednesday.
According to another guest at the event, when governor of Victoria Margaret Gardner began an Acknowledgment of Country, Newman could be seen turning his back and heading for the exit.
Shocking images show why many Aussies are not celebrating the national holiday
Australia Day, called ‘Invasion Day’ by Indigenous Australians, its January 26 date and the festivities held on the day are increasingly a point of division in Australian society.
January 26 marks the day of the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove and the raising of the Union Flag by Arthur Phillip, the colony’s first governor.
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Australia Day 2025 LIVE UPDATES: Dawn service kicks off national holiday despite outrage
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