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<bigtrump...@protonmail.com> wrote:>
> Screw the protesters. Execute the piece of shit woke DEI vandals.
SYDNEY -- Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of
British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday
urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on
the holiday some call "Invasion Day."
The holiday marks the arrival of 11 British ships carrying convicts
at Port Jackson in present-day Sydney on Jan. 26, 1788. For many
activists, the day marked the beginning of a sustained period of
discrimination and expulsion of Indigenous people from their land
without a treaty.
Thousands of people, many of whom waved Indigenous flags, rallied in
front of the Victoria state parliament in Melbourne, calling for an
official day of mourning to be declared across Australia. Large
crowds in Sydney chanted for the Australia Day date to be moved.
Protests have been organized in every major city in the country.
On Thursday, two monuments symbolizing Australia’s colonial past
were damaged in Melbourne. A statue of British naval officer James
Cook, who in 1770 charted Sydney’s coast, was sawn off at the
ankles, and a Queen Victoria monument was doused in red paint.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represented 3.8% of
Australia’s population of 26 million, according to a Bureau of
Statistics census in 2021. Indigenous people are the nation’s most
disadvantaged ethnic minority.
Tensions are high after Australian voters in October resoundingly
rejected a referendum to create an advocacy committee to offer
advice to parliament on policies that affect Indigenous people. The
government had proposed the first constitutional change since 1977
as a step forward in Indigenous rights.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday that the national day
was an opportunity for Australians to “pause and reflect on
everything that we have achieved as a nation.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australians-protest-
british-colonization-national-holiday-mark-invasion-106698489
<bigtrump...@protonmail.com> wrote:>
> Screw the protesters. Execute the piece of shit woke DEI vandals.
SYDNEY -- Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of
British colonization of their country with large crowds Friday
urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on
the holiday some call "Invasion Day."
The holiday marks the arrival of 11 British ships carrying convicts
at Port Jackson in present-day Sydney on Jan. 26, 1788. For many
activists, the day marked the beginning of a sustained period of
discrimination and expulsion of Indigenous people from their land
without a treaty.
Thousands of people, many of whom waved Indigenous flags, rallied in
front of the Victoria state parliament in Melbourne, calling for an
official day of mourning to be declared across Australia. Large
crowds in Sydney chanted for the Australia Day date to be moved.
Protests have been organized in every major city in the country.
On Thursday, two monuments symbolizing Australia’s colonial past
were damaged in Melbourne. A statue of British naval officer James
Cook, who in 1770 charted Sydney’s coast, was sawn off at the
ankles, and a Queen Victoria monument was doused in red paint.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represented 3.8% of
Australia’s population of 26 million, according to a Bureau of
Statistics census in 2021. Indigenous people are the nation’s most
disadvantaged ethnic minority.
Tensions are high after Australian voters in October resoundingly
rejected a referendum to create an advocacy committee to offer
advice to parliament on policies that affect Indigenous people. The
government had proposed the first constitutional change since 1977
as a step forward in Indigenous rights.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday that the national day
was an opportunity for Australians to “pause and reflect on
everything that we have achieved as a nation.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australians-protest-
british-colonization-national-holiday-mark-invasion-106698489
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