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Thousands of protesters marched through central Sydney on Australia’s national day, known by many Indigenous Australians as ‘Invasion Day’, to mark the arrival of British colonisers in 1788. Demonstrators called for greater recognition of First Nations people, an end to systemic racism, and a reconsideration of January 26 as Australia Day. The rally is part of nationwide protests highlighting ongoing debates over history, identity, and reconciliation.

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00:00I'm here today
00:29because I've spent my life in education and while there's an Aboriginal
00:34child in a spirit hood in detention in custody I'll come out every time I
00:42think it's disgusting it's so upsetting for me to think of kids in prisons that
00:49I I'll always come out whenever there's anything about indigenous people I'll be
00:54here
01:00I'm very happy to be here and support them I'm from Northern Ireland and the people of Northern Ireland
01:19especially Irish Catholics have experienced generational sectarianism throughout the
01:25you know the same same kind of thing so yeah it resonates with me and I'm here to
01:31show solidarity for the same reasons
01:54I've been really amazed at the turnout like I remember just looking down the street earlier
01:58and as far as I could see it was just a sea of wonderful people all here in solidarity and I
02:03think it's amazing that people are turning up despite all the crackdowns and standing
02:07staunch and knowing that together where we're going to be able to make that
02:10change and that you don't just back down
02:17so many people may have seen the tragic news within the media and we get to hold her baby for the first
02:27time or see his hand wrapped around her little finger
02:31and we're here today to get justice we're here to get you know our justice is what we deserve
02:36you know they killed my brother they know they did you know and we want we want justice
02:42silence and I mean absolute silence to one of the lives beautiful eyes
02:58this is how I get my message across and this is how I've always been heard so this song is called
03:07still speed up I see it in my city they wonder why my generation's walking around shitty full of
03:12on here
03:13coffees
03:19too many coffees
03:28you
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