Aboriginal businessman Jay Walton, 47, has slammed the celebration of Australia Day on January 26 and Australia's national flag as a breach of Indigenous peoples' basic human rights.

The Australian flag has been slowly disappearing from Australia Day celebrations nationwide as opinion on the January 26 public holiday becomes increasingly divisive.

Popular southern Perth pub Cobblers Falcon was photographed the flying two flags of the Chinese Communist Party on Australia Day. On Monday, the venue addressed the controversy on its Facebook page.

Another protest in South Australia’s Adelaide drew around 2,000 attendees, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. While Albanese raised a flag for Australia in the nation’s capital ...

A man carries a placard at an Invasion Day rally in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Australia is marking the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous ...

Largest Australian flag to be flown at Sydney mosque for Australia Day. A Sydney mosque is celebrating the national holiday with an impressive feat – surpassing even that of Parliament House.

Customers can also pick up Australian flags — the only Australia Day item available in store — from the general merchandise section, which was introduced in stores in July 2024.

Australia’s Aboriginal flag will replace the New South Wales state flag on Sydney Harbour Bridge, after officials scrapped a multi-million-dollar scheme that would have accommodated both.

The Australian flag can evoke a range of feelings from pride and camaraderie to exclusion and division. Here are some reasons why these people have made it a feature of their homes.