Tens of thousands of people have gathered for invasion day rallies in capital cities and regional towns with organisers describing the protests as a space for truth-telling, mourning and solidarity.
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00:00From the beach to buildings of colonial heritage, First Nations people and allies marked today
00:14as the anniversary of the beginning of colonisation.
00:18And what came after?
00:19The forced removal of Aboriginal kids in care, you know, the high rate of Aboriginal people
00:24incarcerated and the high rate of Aboriginal people being unalive and killed in custody.
00:28There is a war on black children.
00:31Our children are dying at the end of the rope and it's got to stop.
00:35For our work, for our village, Aboriginal land.
00:39Crowds at the Melbourne Rally were quite big but here at the Sydney Invasion Day Rally
00:44speakers said that the numbers weren't as big as previous years.
00:48But the message remains the same, that the 26th of January is not a day to celebrate.
00:55Activists also calling out new struggles.
00:58This year is an important year.
01:01What we are coming up against is the rise of fascism, the rise of Trumpism running across
01:06the world and we need a man of face to face.
01:10A gathering of a far-right group in Adelaide didn't stop tens of thousands of people around
01:16the country hearing what Mob had to say.
01:19That's the sovereignty that war in Australia continues to deny and we ain't going nowhere.
01:26We want respect, we want acknowledgement, we want justice.
01:30Invasion Day 2025, sovereignty now is said.
01:34Yee-haw!
01:36All work, all work, all work, all work.
01:38After marching in the heat, many wrapped the day at community picnics, festivals and concerts.
01:46A message of strength and survival through song and ceremony.