Australia Day 2023

Outstanding public servants have been recognised among a list of 1047 Australians for their distinguished and conspicuous service.

Templeman was previously a long-time public servant with the Department of Defence (1968-2002). A total of 45% of these honours were also given to Australians for service to local communities. Hunt also served as the CEO of Lotterywest and Healthway from 2019-2021. The only way a person can be recognised is for someone to nominate them.” Vicki Manning (pictured) was also recognised on the COVID list for her role in leading the NSW Health Emergency Operations Centre COVID-19 known as SHEOC. The CEO of Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Stem Cell Medicine — reNEW (affiliated with the University of Copenhagen) was a senior principal research fellow with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) from 2014 to 2022. Between 1999 and 2005, Reynolds chaired the Commonwealth Human Rights International Advisory Committee, and she presently serves as the Australian national president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Professor Melissa Little was also named in the highest category of honours for her service to medical research through pioneering contributions to regenerative therapies for kidney disease. He was appointed to head the Federal Court in 2013 and has been a member of the This honour is awarded for the highest degree of service to Australia or humanity at large. [Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges Association](https://www.cmja.org/) since 2019. Dawson served as the inaugural CEO of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission from 2016-2017 and is a former director of the Australian Institute of Criminology.

First Nations NRL superstar Preston Campbell, inclusive education champion Dr Rhonda Faragher, and visionary festival producer Cathy Hunt are among the list – ...

Queenslanders are encouraged to nominate members of their community for an Order of Australia throughout the year – to ensure high achievement, professional contributions and charitable pursuits are justly recognised and celebrated. “At a national level, I’m also pleased to see more women being recognised for their contributions, with this year’s list including the highest percentage of female Order of Australia recipients in an honours list since the introduction of the Australian honours system in 1975. “To be recognised on this esteemed list means each of these incredible Queenslanders have made an indelible mark on the social and cultural fabric of this country.

Whether it be racing ferries, aerial acrobatics and 21-gun salutes or simply hosting some friends for a barbie, official and impromptu events marking ...

On the Gold Coast, a citizenship ceremony at the Home of the Arts at Evandale will be followed by live entertainment, food trucks and fireworks. It is a recognition that it is a very difficult day and allows that grieving and that mourning for Aboriginal people in this country," he said. "The continuing success of our nation depends on a balanced recognition of those who have cared for it for millennia, those who have built and protected the modern nation and those who have joined us and continue to join us adding their culture skills and contributions," she said.

After first light, both the Australian flag and Aboriginal Australian flag were raised together on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Kamilaroi woman and artist ...

The dawn projection offers an opportunity for Australia Day to start with a reflective moment that recognises our First People and celebrates our culture as it is shared on the sails of the culturally significant Sydney Opera House." Amplifying Aboriginal voices allows us to show the authentic connection between our First Nations people and the land on which we all live," Parker said. They listened to the harbour, to Mother Earth – we all need to listen." It is important will listen," Sampson said. "It is the third year for the Dawn Reflection, and it is a moment to pause and reflect on our country's First Nations history, and the steps we need to take to become a unified country. "It is important to me to share the Eel Dreaming Story of the Gadigal people of how the waterways of Warrane were formed, and how the Gadigal women used those waterways to fish and feed their people.

Thousands of marchers have taken to the streets, as Australia remains a country divided over it's national ...

[Sign up here](https://9.nine.com.au/Z8tJCf)to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox. In Tasmania the Nipaluna Invasion Day march begins at 10.45am at 198 Elizabeth Street before heading to the Parliament Lawns for a midday rally, which will push to change the date. Perth's Invasion Day protest will begin at midday on Forrest Chase in the city.

The controversial public holiday marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove, and the beginning of colonisation in the country.

"I know it's difficult you sit with the uncomfort (sic) for one minute, and it's okay - imagine how First Nations people feel." "People believe that it should be celebrated with a barbie and beer," he said. However, it's commonly referred to as "Invasion Day" amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Thousands of Australians marked the country's national day celebrations on Thursday with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the ...

The rest believe it should be "Invasion Day". "For many First Nations peoples, Australia Day ... 26 should be considered "Australia Day", largely unchanged from a year ago. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story While it was a "difficult day" for Indigenous Australians, there were no plans to change the holiday's date, he said. SYDNEY, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Thousands of Australians marked the country's national day celebrations on Thursday with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as "Invasion Day".

For distinguished service to the agricultural, food production and business sectors, and to tertiary education. Emeritus Professor Warwick Peter ANDERSON AM.

For service to the community of the Gold Coast. For service to the community of the Central Coast. For service to the community of the Cairns region. For service to the community of the Sunshine Coast. For service to the community of the Fraser Coast. For service to the community of the Wangaratta region. For service to the community of the Grafton region. For service to the environment, and to the community. For service to the law, and to the community. For service to the community of the Grenfell region. For service to the community of the Albury-Wodonga region. For significant service to the law, to business, and to the community.

Pru Goward, Steve Liebmann, Liz Byrski, Warren Brown.

For service to business, and to the media. For significant service to the broadcast media as a science and health commentator. For significant service to tertiary education and to literature. For service to the community in a range of roles. Producer and Presenter, The Health Report. She is a Life Member, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, and the Australian Society of Authors.

Staying in Canberra for a moment, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will soon preside over a ceremony to mark 23 new Australian citizens from nine countries.

who indicated to me that when they were young, when they were a teenager, they ended up across the road from where I grew up, in the Children’s Hospital due to an eating disorder. This is a gracious and generous offer to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as our first peoples.” In footage of the incident, viewed by this masthead, four police officers can be seen forming a line between the white supremacists and ceremony attendees. She was hospitalised for a period of time. For some, it was just a stop off before moving on to the Invasion Day demonstration at Belmore Park in inner Sydney. We’re the only country that doesn’t have a treaty with our First Nations people,” she said. I received a text message from a friend of mine who’s a lifelong friend, someone I grew up with … “And I say this: If not now, when? The duo met at Federation Square this morning and exchanged numbers. “My dad died while serving in the army, he was 46. Some of Sydney’s most iconic spots, like Bondi and Cronulla, “Why did they stop the parade?

People have packed beaches, set up picnics and taken oaths to become citizens on Australia Day, 2023. Others took to the streets to protest for the date to ...

An Aboriginal man carries a smoldering fire during a smoking ceremony at the start of an Invasion Day rally in Sydney. People have packed beaches, set up picnics and taken oaths to become citizens on Australia Day, 2023. Members of a gym in Melbourne decided to enjoy some burgers and fruit bowls for Australia Day while standing at the beach. Here you can see a few boats lined up next to each other and completely filled with Queenslanders celebrating Australia Day in the heat. Australian flags are flying next to a fence at a Brisbane beach as thousands flocked to the sand to soak up the sun. People line the foreshore to watch activities on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney.

The Roulettes flew over the CBD and then conducted an aerobatic display over Kings Domain Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance. Credit:Jason South.

Australia Day is known to many Indigenous people as Invasion Day and Survival Day, because of the disastrous impacts on First Nations people of British ...

And if not the people of Australia this year, who will make this change which will improve our country, improve our national unity?" They die younger than other Australians, achieve lower education levels, are less likely to be employed and are overrepresented in prison populations. "It is a great country.

Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney was the centrepiece for the Salute to Australia at Sydney Cove, while the Australian Army's 9th Regiment performed a 21-gun salute.

Our troops, ships and aircraft help to shape the strategic environment and support a rules-based order,” Rear Admiral Smith said. A Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, with the Australian flag underslung, flew over the harbour and along the beaches to the north and south of the city. Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney was the centrepiece for the Salute to Australia at Sydney Cove, while the Australian Army’s 9th Regiment performed a 21-gun salute.

CANBERRA, Australia — Australians marked the 235th anniversary of British colonization Thursday with a public holiday that evokes anger at Indigenous ...

And if not the people of Australia this year, who will make this change which will improve our country, improve our national unity?" They die younger than other Australians, achieve lower education levels, are less likely to be employed and are overrepresented in prison populations. "It is a great country. "This year is the most important year in the relationship between the natives of Australia and its so-called settlers in the 235 years since the landing of the First Fleet," Pearson wrote Thursday in The Sydney Morning Herald, referring to the 11 British ships carrying convicts that established Sydney as a penal colony. "If not now, when will this change occur? There are growing public calls to change the date of Australia Day, which is known to many Indigenous people as Invasion Day and Survival Day, because of the disastrous impacts on First Nations people of British colonists taking their land without a treaty.

As friends and families gathered at parks, beaches and cafes across the city, opinions on how best to mark the country's national day were divided.

It’s a good country, it has good opportunity for people, the human rights are good.” We have the opportunities but not the same as here. She said the date should be changed, and there should be a national day, but not necessarily called Australia Day. “It reminds us we are all one country. Hamid Mirfeizi, 56, said he went to an Australia Day parade last year and reckoned there should be a public holiday to mark the national day. The mission for many Melbourne families who headed out around Melbourne in the sun on Thursday was to relax and catch up with friends on a well-earned day off.

With Australia increasingly uneasy about celebrating its national day, recognition of Indigenous people in the constitution has become a new flashpoint.

“We don’t need to tear down one part of our history to build up the other.” “We need to stop the lying,” Prof Marcia Langton, a Yiman and Bidjara woman, said on Thursday, arguing that Australia’s national day should not be one that commemorates colonisation. Advocates argue an eventual change of date is inevitable. I think we can find an inclusive date and I think we can start to tell the truth about Australia’s history and show some respect for all the survivors of “They tried to wipe us out, still here. They tried to breed us out, still here.