Rallies, smoking ceremonies and concerts are among dozens of events planned across the country for 26 January calling for Australia Day to be abolished or celebrated on a different date, celebrating First Nations survival and reflecting on reconciliation.
After a failed referendum to give Indigenous Australians a voice to parliament that left many feeling bruised and rejected, and months of protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and expressing solidarity with dispossessed people everywhere, the themes of this year’s events take in both Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession.