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Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline
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The Herald-Sun:   January 28, page 28, comment (photo of Dodson) by Andrew Bolt, `Our divisive myth maker'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24971902-25717,00.html

The Age:  January 28, page 13, comment by J Olaf Kleist, `Heal divisions so a new day can dawn'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/heal-divisions-so-a-new-day-can-dawn-20090127-7qwv.html?skin=text-only

The Herald-Sun:   January 27, page 20, comment (photos) by Susie O'Brien, `Dodson stirs vital debate'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24966045-5000117,00.html

The Herald-Sun:   January 27, page 19, cartoon. (see layout for page 19 below this list)

The Australian:  January 27, page 5, news items by Patricia Karvelas, `PM rejects national day change / Dodson accolade draws criticism' .
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24967787-5013172,00.html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24967789-5013172,00.html

The Australian:  January 27, page 9, comment, by Nicolas Rothwell, `Bittersweet prize'
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24966769-5013871,00.html

The Australian:  January 27, page 10, comment by Bob Carr, `The day that tells the nation's story'
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24966994-7583,00.html?from=public_rss

The Australian:  January 27, page 11, editorial, `A date to remember'
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24967059-25209,00.html

The Australian:  January 27, page 11, letter, `Let's celebrate the nation's birth, not fleet arrival'.
http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/comments/lets_celebrate_the_nations_birth_not_fleet_arrival/

The Age:  January 27, page 3, news item by Harrison and Smiles, `No change in national day date, says Rudd'. (With video in online version)
http://www.theage.com.au/national/no-change-in-national-day-date-says-rudd-20090126-7q0d.html

The Age:  January 27, page 5, analysis (with photo of singer Archie Roach) by Tony Stephens, `Seeking a day to call our own'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/seeking-a-day-to-call-our-own-20090126-7q0n.html

The Age:  January 27, page 5, background by by Sarah Smiles, `Celebration date quite new, as traditions go'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/celebration-date-quite-new-as-traditions-go-20090126-7q0p.html

The Age:  January 27, page 10, editorial, `Look to the future for an Australia Day date'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/look-to-the-future-for-an-australia-day-date-20090126-7pym.html

The Herald-Sun:   January 26, page 4-5, news item (photo) by Peter Jean, `Dodson: change our celebration date'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24962376-661,00.html

The Australian:  January 26, page 15, editorial, `What makes us the people we are'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962247-16741,00.html

The Age:  January 26, page 3, news item (photo) by Sarah Smiles, `Dodson urges rethink on "offensive" date of our national day'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/dodson-urges-rethink-on-offensive-date-of-our-national-day-20090125-7pgr.html

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The Herald-Sun: January 27, page 19, layout of cartoon and letters page



The Herald-Sun: January 27, page 20



Herald-Sun, January 28, page 28.



The Age, January 28, page 13.



The Australian: January 27, page 5.