We will not accept Australia Day on 26 January without resistance | Claire Coleman

We don’t want a celebration of how we ‘contributed’ to Australia. We want white people to stop celebrating the day they invaded us

I woke this morning to another media storm caused by our prime minister, another media storm about First Nations Australians on Sunrise. Despite the uproar Scott Morrison’s comments were bound to cause, despite the fact that he is holding office by his fingernails, he decided to weigh in on Invasion Day, demonstrating his complete lack of understanding of Indigenous issues.

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