Sussan Ley's comments raised more than a few eyebrows in many quarters, with Anthony Albanese branding it 'very strange'. But ...

As Sussan Ley compared the First Fleet's arrival to billionaire Elon Musk's bid to explore Mars in an Australia Day speech, ...

Convicts, barbecues and Captain Cook all got a namecheck in Ley's January 26 address. Omitting Blackfellas continues a ...

Australia’s national day, which falls today, has two purposes. It is an opportunity for Australians to celebrate who they are ...

Eighty-seven years ago, my great-grandfather marched in mourning on January 26. We need to shift the focus — and the date — ...

Australia Day has kicked off with millions of residents celebrating the national holiday across the country. The long weekend ...

From celebrations large and small, to the thousands who became new citizens and tens of thousands of others who rallied for ...

The Black War is the bloodiest chapter in the history of Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania. The war lasted from 1824 (1826, ...

From the times of the last Ice Age, when sea levels rose and virtually plunged Aboriginal peoples into a state of complete ...

primarily an encounter with relatives who had gone to the spirit world and returned… What about the First Fleet? Historian Bain Attwood argues: In the beginning, Phillip’s party found it difficult to ...

A national-first diversion program in western Victoria has been set up for low-level Aboriginal offenders to front elders, rather than court. Unlike Koori Court, where offenders must plead guilty ...

Mr Wyatt, who became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives when he won the WA seat of Hasluck for the Liberal Party in 2010, said Ms Mettam's stance pushed Aboriginal people ...