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Caitlin Cassidy (now) and Matilda Boseley (earlier)

Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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What we learned, Wednesday 26 January

With that, we will wrap up the blog today.

Here were today’s major developments. Congratulations to the Australians who celebrated their citizenship today.

  • Invasion Day protestors gathered in the thousands across the nation on the 50th year of advocacy at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. A Guardian Essential poll found more Australians are in support of changing the date of Australia Day. Renewed calls have been made for the implementation of the Uluru Statement of the Heart and a voice to parliament to provide greater representation and self determination of First Nations peoples.
  • Scott Morrison used his speech at an Australia Day ceremony in Canberra to honour Australia’s freedoms and diversity as a nation.
  • It came as Dylan Alcott spent his first day as Australian of the Year, a platform he has so far used to campaign for greater prioritisation of the NDIS and free rapid antigen tests for the disabled community.
  • The body of a missing Launceston swimmer was discovered by police this afternoon. The woman in her 20s disappeared while swimming in a gorge yesterday.
  • In pandemic news, Victoria recorded 35 Covid deaths and 13,507 new cases as the Australian Open capacity limit was increased to 65%, while NSW surpassed 1 million Covid cases since the pandemic began as well as reporting 29 deaths.
  • Queensland recorded another nine deaths since reopening borders, while Tasmania recorded another Covid death and 712 new cases. The ACT recorded 896 new Covid cases and no deaths, and SA recorded 13 deaths and 2,401 cases.
  • A Northern Territory council has called for an urgent lockdown of remote Indigenous communities to save lives amid the “out-of-control” spread of Covid-19. And WA recorded 24 new Covid cases including a mystery case.

Updated

Before we wrap up the blog for the evening, it is worth watching former journalist Kerry O’Brien’s speech at this year’s Sunrise Ceremony.

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