January 26, should acknowledge a Day of Mourning for Australia's First Peoples, who continue to feel the deep impacts of invasion & colonisation. For the Aboriginal people, it's not a day for celebration. It’s a history of Australian colonisation. It’s about people who were taken from their families & put on to missions & taught to live a white way. A day of mourning before it was a public holiday.

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These challenges have left many First Peoples in the poorest 20% of the population, facing systemic racism & inequality. We can still call Australia our country & love it dearly without completely ignoring history & indigenous suffering.

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