Wild scuffle erupts on Australia Day as celebrations turn sour at Wave Break Island

Tammy Miller (politician)indigenous woman

It's about changing the date, but it's more about making people aware of our injustices that have been since, and still ongoing since white man came,

said Indigenous woman Tammy Miller

We're still here fighting the same things that my grandparents were, but seeing all the people here makes me so proud,

she told AFP

It is a responsibility all of us owe to future generations to safeguard our social cohesion, to uphold Australian fairness and continue Australia's progress,

he said

We were never meant to survive ... but the fact that we are here over 200 years later, demanding treaty now, demanding land back, calling for a free Palestine, is a miracle,

she told the crowd to cheers

When you look into my eyes you'll see my ancestors,

she told AAP

We are simply a group of people who love this country, do not accept what is happening to this country and want change. That is why we are here,

Trihey said

These figures will insist that they want it to be a day of unity, but they'll invariably behave in ways that promote disunity around the day. That's really how culture wars work,

Bongiorno said

My dad used to bring me in the ’70s. They weren’t Invasion Day rallies then; they were commemorations … with perhaps 200 or 500 people. Nothing like this,

Mashni said

Today’s the day that we remind the Commonwealth that we’re still here. Today is the day that we remind them that we can’t have reconciliation without recognition.”

Indigenous elder and historian Uncle Gary Foley said

We’re just having a really relaxing Sunday with friends out for a picnic, enjoying the sun and just having some delicious snacks,

Mittal said

For many of our new citizens, this ceremony marks the culmination of a long road to becoming Australians and is a significant milestone in their lives,

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said

Why wouldn't you participate in national events if you want to be a national leader?"

Albanese asked

Peter Duttonopposition Leader

If the prime minister doesn't have the strength of leadership to stand up to mayors and others who don't want to celebrate Australia Day, then our country's in more trouble than we first realized,

Dutton said two weeks ago

Anthony Albaneseprime Minister

The national Australia Day event should be attended by both sides of the Parliament. They should be bipartisan,

Albanese told reporters on Sunday

The problem with those [anti-Australia Day] activists is they are so fixated with projecting themselves as survivors that they leave no room for us to come together as citizens,

she said

All those years ago, those ships did not arrive, as some would have you believe, as invaders. They did not come to destroy or to pillage,

she said

Today, in our big cities and country towns, at beaches and backyard barbecues, and in over 280 ceremonies like this one, we celebrate everything that brings Australia together and everything that sets our nation apart from the world,

he said

I just think there’s a bigger issue than part of the city being shut for a few hours,

she said

We’re more celebrating the long weekend, a long weekend off of work, just prepping for the coming weeks,

she said

Days like today – like January 26 – offer us the opportunity of moral clarity,

she said