by DAVID FLINT – AUSTRALIA Day celebrates the settlement of Australia and the benefits to all, however imperfect, that could only have come from the most benign and advanced colonial power at the time, and with the Americans, in recorded history. This…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – THE announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to overturn the decision by the Scott Morrison government to punish local councils for refusing to hold citizenship ceremonies on the January 26 has reignited the debate about the significance of…
by DANIEL TENG – AS MAJOR companies opt out of celebrating Australia’s national day, opposition leader Peter Dutton is calling on citizens to be proud of their heritage, not ashamed of it. January 26 marks a public holiday that commemorates the landing…
FINANCIAL services giant KPMG is opening for business on Australia Day, saying staff can take another leave day if they choose. Meanwhile, competitors PwC and Deloitte have similar floating public holiday policies, however, have not been actively signalling the replacement of Australia’s…
THE vitriolic, personal attacks on the tennis great Margaret Court provide the most recent example of the poisonous impact of cancel culture as does the perennial complaint by black activists that the First Fleet’s arrival celebrated on Australia Day heralds the beginning of Aboriginal genocide. Even “It’s your ABC” has gone to the dark side describing the nation’s birth as invasion day.
INVASION Day protests are “nonsense” and not supported by the vast majority of indigenous Australians, according to Northern Territory politician Jacinta Price. In an interview on Sky News yesterday, the Alice Spring’s deputy mayor signalled out Sydney-based federal MP Zali Steggall, saying Australia Day protests were just virtue signalling by 90 per cent white faces.
THE awarding of Australia’s highest honour to tennis legend Margaret Court has been mired in controversy after other recipients protested her inclusion over her stance towards same-sex marriage. Court, one of the world’s most accomplished tennis players, was yesterday elevated from her previous appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
WITH the 26th of January and Australia Day upon us it’s time to acknowledge and celebrate what a great country this is. Forget the racial activists and Left-wing whingers always talking the nation down with their argument we are a racist, white supremacist society where Aborigines suffer perpetual disadvantage.
FEDERAL MP Zali Steggall has sided with Australia’s most radical councils calling for January 26 to be a time for mourning.The northern Sydney-based independent has called on Australians to observe a minute’s silence.
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has told Left-wing councils not to cancel Australia Day celebrations under the guise of COVID-19 restrictions. With increasing numbers of councils abandoning January 26 events, the prime minister has cautioned them not to politicise the national day.
