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Isabelle is an arts and culture writer with over three years' experience. Outside of the office, she's most at home on coastal walks, thrifting at Glebe Markets or soaking up a late-night jazz set in Surry Hills.

How to celebrate Indigenous culture in Sydney this Australia Day

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Blak Powerhouse

When celebrating Australia Day, it’s important to acknowledge that the date holds profound and complex significance for First Nations Australians. For the traditional custodians of the land, Australia Day marks the beginning of British colonisation, a date of trauma for Indigenous Australians, known as Invasion Day. While many Australians and tourists celebrate the 26th as

Hottest 100 parties Sydney: top spots for the triple j countdown

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Young people partying in a band room.

Sydney comes alive every January with the much-anticipated triple j Hottest 100 countdown, and this year’s lineup of listening parties promises something for everyone. It’s now been a few years since triple j moved its long-running hottest 100 countdown from Australia Day to “whatever the Saturday is that weekend.” But aside from a date change,

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, live, and play. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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