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1 year ago
World politics

Is Australia Day Approaching a Tipping Point?

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau.Sign up to get it by email.This week's issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter with the Australia bureau.On Thursday Australia's national holiday, known as Australia Day my local coffee shop in Melbourne was packed.But as they sipped coffees and chowed down on breakfast burritos, many of the mostly young, mostly white customers made their feelings about the day be known via their choice of clothing: the same red, black and yellow T-shirt, with the slogan Always Was, Always Will Be.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

'Caught unawares': Covid is preventing Australians in hospital from voting

Australians unexpectedly admitted to hospital before the election are struggling to cast their vote due to a decision to abort mobile polling in health facilities due to Covid.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

'Bring them home': Australian crowdfund campaign seeks to buy Wurundjeri art at New York auction

One of Melbourne's Aboriginal heritage councils is facing a race against the clock, in a bid to stop two culturally significant artworks being lost to Australia when they go under the hammer at Sotheby's New York auction house next week.
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1 year ago
National Football League

36 Hours in Sydney

In Sydney, the intersection of city and nature is magic.A sunrise ocean swim is wholly possible before drying off and heading to the office.A stroll to a neighborhood cafe reveals a kaleidoscopic floral display: bobbing grevillea, flowering gum.But there are greater rewards beyond the obvious.Sydney is fantastically diverse, with a mighty migrant population (more than 40 percent of residents were born overseas).
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Indigenous groups angered at reburial of 42,000-year-old Lake Mungo remains despite promise

The 42,000-year-old remains of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady have been reburied despite an application to stay the burial under federal Aboriginal heritage laws and the New South Wales government promising in writing that the burial would not go ahead.
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