Our coverage of events both serious and fun throughout Australia Day,including Indigenous responses and the reaction to the Australian of the Year announcementFormer army chief David Morrison named Australian of the year
Geraldine Brooks: Australia Day honour ‘hits me in a very deep situation’[br]Paul Daley: beyond time for Britain to apologise to Indigenous people
Stan Grant: what Australia Day demands of us 9.22am GMTThat’s it from Guardian Australia’s live blog, but we’ve just launched a gallery showcasing how the nation marked the occasion, and from parades to parklands,to protests around the country. Head here to view our pick of the bunch. 9.09am GMTThe predictions of the Tepid 100– a project by university student Ed Pitt, who parsed over 2000 ballots that were shared on Instagram after voting opened on January 7 – have ended up tantalisingly close to the genuine thing. Of his top six, and five ended up in the #5-1 spots on the Hottest 100. But instead of the top spot going to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘King Kunta’ – which would have made him the first artist of colour to lead a song to #1 of the Hottest 100 it went to Australian rock band the Rubens,for their track Hoops. Their website has already crashed.
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