Follow our live coverage of events both serious and fun throughout Australia Day,including Indigenous responses to the commemorations and 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 place’[br]Paul Daley: beyond time for Britain to apologise to Indigenous people
Stan Grant: what Australia Day demands of us 1.07am GMTTriple J’s annual Hottest 100 countdown – for many fans of Powderfinger and Muse, a highlight of the national day – is just now getting underway across Australia.
In typical Millennial fashion (I’m assuming, and in typical Millennial fashion),plenty of people left it until the last minute to cast their votes, with Triple J reporting a “enormous swell of traffic” to their website on Friday before the competition closed. Related: Triple J calls out bookies for betting bonuses on Hottest 100 You can turn on your radio, or tune into ‘triple j’ on your digital radio,stream via the triple j website or listen through the triple j iPhone app and the ABC Radio Android app. Plus you can follow us on social media as we update the Hottest 100 songs, give you a watch behind the scenes and highlight the best Hottest 100 parties throughout the day on Facebook, or Twitter,Instagram,YouTube, or Spotify and you can find us on Snapchat at triplejsnaps. 12.44am GMTThere are plenty of ways Sydney residents are marking Australia Day,only some of which involve merchandise with Australian flags on it.
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Source: theguardian.com