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Australia news live: Invasion Day protests under way; pro-Russian tennis fans quizzed by police

Australia news live: Invasion Day protests under way; pro-Russian tennis fans quizzed by police

A series of Invasion Day demonstrations have begun to mark the national public holiday; Victoria police have questioned spectators at Melbourne Park after pro-Russian protests last night. Follow the day’s news, liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage of what is expected to be a lively Australia Day public holiday marked with a series of Invasion Day protests. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll bring you the big overnight stories before my colleague Natasha May takes over.Taryn Brumfitt, a body image activist from South Australia, who directed a documentary about women’s body loathing and her path to accepting her own skin, has been named the 2023 Australian of the Year. “It is not our life’s purpose to be at war with our body,” she told the awards ceremony in Canberra last night. The 2023 Senior Australian of the Year was named as the Kungarakan elder and human rights campaigner Prof Tom Calma. Calma, 69

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