Australia day News

Sydney - Sydneysiders celebrated Australia Day on 26 January 2013, marking the 225th anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet in Port Jackson – Sydney’s harbour, with events taking place at various locations across the city.

Sydney - Australia Day, Jan. 26 is coming up, and Dick Smith, well-known and generally not loathed Australian entrepreneur made an ad for his 100% Australian-owned brand for the occasion. He ran into trouble with the Advertising Council- for Dick jokes.

Sydney - The 26th of January is Australia day, the anniversary of Federation in 1901. Most Aussies wish each other a Happy Australia Day. A new survey claiming those with flags on cars were more likely to be racist hasn’t exactly gone unnoticed.

Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister, has rejected the possibility of changing the date of the national day, which is celebrated annually on the 26th of January.

Prof. Mick Dodson, a tireless worker for Aboriginal people, recently named Australian of the Year, has raised again the sore point of Australia Day, 26th January, as a day reminding of grief for the Aboriginals. Prof. Dodson wants the national day moved.