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    Activists burn Australian flag in Canberra

    Protesters have set fire to an Australian flag at the entrance of Parliament House as they called for Aboriginal sovereignty over Australia.

    Triple J Hottest 100 – the full list

    Triple J Hottest 100 | The full and complete list of this year’s results from the world’s largest radio listeners’ favourite song poll, and modern Australia Day tradition.

    Kylie Minogue coming home for Mardi Gras

    Kylie Minogue will be honoured with the largest float in Mardi Gras history when she returns to Oxford Street for this year’s parade.

    Reader poll: What’s the greatest song for homesick Australians?

    VOTE NOW | In honour of Australia Day, we asked our readers via Facebook to name the songs that make an expat Aussie homesick. Here’s the top ten. Now it’s your job to choose the #1.

    Geoffrey Rush is the 2012 Australian of the Year

    Australian of the Year Geoffrey Rush is urging local writers to tell the stories of asylum seekers who try to make the perilous journey to Australia by boat.

     

    Australia Day 2012

    • Australia Day in London: where to celebrate

      Australia Day in London: where to celebrate

       
    • Surviving Invasion Day

      Surviving Invasion Day

       
    • Ode to Australia Day in London

      Ode to Australia Day in London

       
    • My first Australia Day abroad

      My first Australia Day abroad

       
    • Australians of the Year celebrated in London

      Australians of the Year celebrated in London

       
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      Get ready for a green and gold Australia Day

       
     
     

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    • Are Aussie expats all the same?

      Are Aussie expats all the same?

      Expat Australians around the world encounter common Aussie stereotypes all the time. But MIHAL GREENER, living in the Netherlands, questions what does it really mean to be an Australian?

      • Motorists, stop spinning out of the road rage debate
      • Clipping your way to London’s line in Greenwich
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    • Aboriginal Tent Embassy seeks “declaration of sovereignty” over Australia

      Aboriginal Tent Embassy seeks “declaration of sovereignty” over Australia

      Aboriginal Tent Embassy seeks “”declaration of sovereignty” over Australia, with one activist demanding, “Respect us as a sovereign people or piss off out of our country.”

      • Gillard staffer fired over alerting protesters to Abbott
      • Gillard concern for Abbott in Australia Day protest praised
      • Activists burn Australian flag in Canberra
     
     

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    • Indonesians unhappy with Abbott asylum plan

      Indonesians unhappy with Abbott asylum plan

      Indonesian police are the latest to voice concerns about the coalition’s plan to turn asylum seeker boats around at sea but Opposition Leader Tony Abbott isn’t backing down.

      • Douglas Mawson honoured in icy Antarctic ceremony
      • Italy ship confusion like Titanic: Aussie
      • Sheep shearing pitched as Olympic sport
     
     

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    • Barry Humphries is Australian of the Year in UK

      Barry Humphries is Australian of the Year in UK

      Barry Humphries displayed all of the modesty of Dame Edna Everage or Sir Les Patterson after receiving the Australian of the Year award in the UK.

      • Aussie speedway champ denies sex assault in UK
      • Australian roles in London for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
      • Walkabout Temple closes for a facelift
     
     

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    • Triple J Hottest 100 – the full list

      Triple J Hottest 100 – the full list

      Triple J Hottest 100 | The full and complete list of this year’s results from the world’s largest radio listeners’ favourite song poll, and modern Australia Day tradition.

      • Reader poll: What’s the greatest song for homesick Australians?
      • Police charge 71 people during Big Day Out
      • Cliff Young shuffles into ABC telemovie
     
     

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    • A whirlwind weekend in Paris

      A whirlwind weekend in Paris

      CROZ FROM OZ | Aussies living in London have two stubborn little obstacles standing between them and their next trip. Can you guess what they are? Sure you can – there’s no prizes as it’s obvious: time and money.

      • Keeping the Anzac spirit alive
      • Pamplona: Running of the Bulls explained
      • Life is a Carnevale in Venice
     
     

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      All the ski gear, but snow idea?

      Going skiing this winter? We look at the ins and outs of ski gear, and show you how to keep your cool in the cool.

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      • It all went Blanc in the south of France
      • Sweet, shimmering Switzerland lakes
     
     

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    • IR umpire approves Qantas engineer deal

      IR umpire approves Qantas engineer deal

      THE industrial relations umpire has signed off on a workplace agreement between Qantas and its engineers. Fair Work Australia on Monday said it had endorsed the agreement, after a long-running dispute between the airline and the workers. Qantas CEO Alan [...]

      • Ask the experts – Australian ILR
      • Bullish Australian Dollar defies negativity from Greece
      • NSW in the economic slow lane: opposition
     
     

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      Bernard Tomic’s stand-off with police

      Police are outside the Gold Coast home of tennis star Bernard Tomic, waiting to interview him about a suspected traffic infringement on a Southport street.

      • Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke hit Adelaide centuries against India
      • Australian cricket attack best I’ve faced: Sehwag
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