Divisive Australia Day an opportunity to reflect: PM
STORY: Divisive Australia Day an opportunity to reflect: PM
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:46
LOCATION: Canberra
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of a speech by Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia
2. various of Aboriginal people celebrating Australia Day
3. various of Lake Burley Griffin with the flag
STORYLINE:
Australia's prime minister on Friday described Australia Day as an opportunity to reflect on the country's achievements amid calls to change the date of the holiday.
Held every year on Jan. 26, Australia Day marks the anniversary of the 1788 landing of the British First Fleet in the country.
Led by Indigenous communities who mark the date as "Invasion Day" or "Survival Day" to reflect the massacres of Aboriginal people following colonization, the campaign for the date of the national holiday to be changed has grown in recent years.
Addressing the national citizenship and flag-raising ceremony in Canberra on Friday, Prime Minister Anthony Albane
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