Monuments in Australia Are Vandalized to Protest National Day
The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression.
Australia Day 2025: Ceremonies and celebrations in pictures
Australians mark January 26 in different ways, from heading to the beach to attending reflection ceremonies. Here are some of the ways the day is being spent in 2025.
How Aussies are celebrating Australia Day
As 15,000 New Citizens are sworn in on Australia Day, millions of residents are firing up the barbecues and catching rays on the beach to celebrate the national holiday.
Thousands of Australians celebrate an increasingly polarizing Australia Day
Australia Day is being celebrated all over the country this Sunday. In Sydney, traditional ceremonies took place at dawn in various locations including Bondi beach and Barangaroo.
Australia: Thousands Join Invasion Day Protests Nationwide 2
New South Wales, Australia - January 26, 2025 Thousands of people joined KInvasion Day] marches across Australia, as Indigenous communities and their allies protested the observance of January 26 as the national day.
Monuments defaced as Australians protest, celebrate national day
Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support of Aboriginal groups who say the date is not one to cheer.
Thousands to gather for Australia Day protests
Earlier reports suggested that more than 30,000 anti-Australia Day and pro-Palestine protesters could take to the streets in Melbourne’s CBD. Protests are set to begin from 9am in Brisbane’s Queen’s Garden,
Australia is grappling with a rise in antisemitic attacks. Police are investigating links to paid criminals
Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in ...
'Welcome home': 15,000 new citizens in Australia Day ceremonies
Some 15,000 new Australians have been recognised in citizenship ceremonies across the country on Australia Day.
An ‘unsightly blight’: Australia’s hottest debate is over beach cabanas
A new kind of real estate war is breaking out on Australia’s famous shorelines, with a debate over the fairness of staking a ...
Australia sees surge in highly contagious parasitic infections
The parasitic infection presents as gastroenteritis, which usually comes with cramping abdominal pain, fever, watery diarrhea ...
Coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaches ‘catastrophic’ levels, study finds
Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching ...
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Governor-General's Australia Day Message 2025
Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First ...
Police investigate whether foreign actors are paying for antisemitic crimes in Australia
Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the ...
Australia to spend another $31 million to save regional airline Rex
The Australian government said on Thursday it would buy A$50 million dollars ($31.36 million) of debt from the largest ...
People enjoy Australia Day across Queensland
Events have been held to mark Australia Day in Brisbane and across Queensland.