Australia Day 2025
On January 22, the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur officially launched its anniversary year with an Australia Day celebration at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The year 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Australia’s diplomatic presence in Malaysia. The origins of this relationship stretch back even further, to December 1955, when the Australian Commission […]
Thousands of Australians defy virus rules to mark ‘Invasion Day’
SYDNEY: Thousands of Australians defied coronavirus rules on Tuesday to protest the country’s national day, held on the anniversary of British colonisation of the vast continent that its Indigenous population marks as “Invasion Day”. Officially recognised as Australia Day, January 26 also sees annual rallies drawing attention to the injustices faced by Indigenous people and […]
