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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have reacted after One Nation secured its first seat in WA, labelling the minor party ‘dangerous’ and ‘divisive’.

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🇦🇺 SHOULD THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BRING BACK AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS?

Australia Day has long been a day for many Australians to celebrate their country, spend time with family and friends, attend community events and reflect on what being Australian means to them.

But the date is also deeply controversial. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, January 26 represents the beginning of dispossession and a painful part of Australia’s history. Melbourne has changed how it approaches Australia Day in recent years, raising an ongoing debate about whether traditional celebrations should return.

Supporters of bringing celebrations back argue that Australians should be able to celebrate their national identity and come together as a community. Others believe January 26 should not be used for celebrations and that Australia should choose a date that can be embraced by everyone.

🇦🇺 Should Melbourne bring back Australia Day celebrations on January 26?

Or should the city continue moving away from traditional Australia Day celebrations and look for a more inclusive way to recognise Australia?

👇 What do you think?

💬 Should Australia Day celebrations return to Melbourne, or is it time for Australia to choose a different date?

COMMENT YOUR VIEW — AGREE OR DISAGREE?

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Should Melbourne BRING back official AUSTRALIA DAY celebrations? 🎉🏙️

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☦️ The persecution of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine 🧵

On 23 August 2026, Monk Barsanuphius (Turyansky) was killed during an attack on the Holy Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra. Two others, Monk Gregory and Andriy Kiriyenko, were seriously wounded. The monastery officially confirmed the attack by unidentified persons. A survivor later said that three men in military-style clothing demanded a pro-Ukrainian response; after he answered, “Glory to our Lord God,” the assault began.

Medical information subsequently reported that Barsanuphius suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and neck. Despite the brutality of the case, it has so far received very limited to no attention from major Western international media, while Orthodox and Ukrainian outlets have reported extensively on it. This tragedy comes amid a much wider persecution against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).

In 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to outlaw the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. By 2026, Ukrainian authorities had determined that the UOC had such a "prohibited" affiliation with the Moscow Patriarchate and had filed a court action seeking its dissolution. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has explicitly raised concerns about these measures and about violent seizures of UOC churches.

UN Special Rapporteurs have also documented violations of human rights against senior UOC hierarchs. Metropolitan Longin of Bancheny, known for caring for hundreds of adopted children, has faced criminal proceedings and was subjected to physical assault (background image in left circle).

Metropolitan Pavel of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was detained, jailed pending bail and subsequently placed under house arrest. Metropolitan Arseniy of Sviatohirsk Lavra has remained in pre-trial detention following his 2024 arrest for a sermon after a Divine Liturgy. Other UOC bishops have likewise faced prosecutions, restrictions or detention.

The time has come for the Ukrainian government to be held accountable for these abuses. To our view, in any future settlement aimed at ending the current war, Russia will seek binding guarantees concerning the legal status, property rights and protection of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).

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