Australian flags will be flown at half-mast on Monday in honour of those killed in the deadly stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that all Australian government buildings, including at Parliament House in Canberra would lower their flags as aContinue Reading
A group of masked men wearing black clothing and carrying Australian flags took to the streets of Ipswich on Saturday morning to “protest” the stabbing death of 70-year-old grandmother Vyleen White. Photos posted to Reddit showed the men marching down the street, with some commenters suggesting they were “possibly neo-Nazis”.Continue Reading
Sky News host Andrew Bolt has called for the release of bodycam footage after Victoria Police denied threatening to arrest a couple for “inciting a riot” by wearing the Australian flag near an “Invasion Day” protest in Melbourne. Frank Strazdins told the broadcaster last week that he and his partnerContinue Reading
Scenes at Bondi Beach today made it clear: Australia Day certainly isn’t celebrated as it used to be. Sure, Aussies were still out in droves hitting the beach and flirting with possible skin cancer in the 36-degree scorching heat, but they weren’t dressed up for the occasion. Over the years,Continue Reading
The boss of Kmart has weighed into the furore surrounding the axing of Australia Day merchandise by several major retailers – and it could prove controversial. This month Woolworths Group said neither Woolies nor Big W would stock products specifically marking Australia Day due to declining demand and “broader discussionsContinue Reading
Hardware giant Bunnings has been dragged into the furore over Australia Day celebrations, as Woolworths faces boycott calls over the supermarket giant’s decision to scrap merchandise ahead of the national day. Peter Dutton slammed the supermarket’s decision as an “outrage” and urged chief executive Bradford Banducci to reverse the callContinue Reading
Woolies had confirmed its Australia Day merchandise has been dumped from stores across the nation and will no longer be sold. A Woolworths Group spokesperson confirmed there would be no additional Australia Day-themed merchandise sold across its supermarket or BIG W stores for the 2024 public holiday. They cited aContinue Reading
Concerning footage has captured the moment a woman and child shouted ‘f*** the Jews’ following an ‘anti-Israel’ rally in Sydney. The footage, which was shared by the Australian Jewish Association on social media, shows a woman and young boy walking through crowds at Coogee Beach, where a group of motorcycleContinue Reading
Ten years ago today, thousands of beachgoers paddled off Bondi Beach on blow-up thongs with huge Australian flags printed on them. A quick browse through the pictorial archives shows the beach that day in 2013 laden with bikinis, boardies, sunnies and inflatable hands and kangaroos with Australian flag and “Aussie,Continue Reading
NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet has called for hope and unity while speaking at the 20th anniversary of the WugulOra (one mob) morning ceremony at Sydney’s Barangaroo Reserve. The event marked the first Australia Day that both the Aboriginal and Australian flags were flown together on the Sydney Harbour Bridge –Continue Reading