The census: an historical goldmine for future generations

9 Aug 2011 | It might seem amusing to state one’s religion as ‘Jedi Knight’, ‘Lesbian Church’, ...  

Hiding behind the flag

6 Jul 2011 | [caption id="attachment_8472" align="alignleft" width="90"] by Major General (ret'd) Michael ...  

The monarchy doesn't capture the spirit of Australia

27 Jun 2011 | Those who say the monarchy is the glue that holds Australia together don’t understand the spirit ...  

Australia's vassal state relationship to the United States

12 May 2011 | Adam Henry says Gillard's speech to US Congress "...was that of a vassal state paying tribute to ...  

Be tolerant of refugees - we're almost all boat people

10 May 2011 | The hysteria about boat people has put Barry Everingham in a reflective mood. He notes the first ...  

Australian Republicans'' long struggle for liberty, sovereignty and democracy

9 May 2011 | An Australian Republic is about much more than just having an Australian head of state, says Dr ...  

ANZAC Day: a time to remember loved ones lost

25 Apr 2011 | ON ANZAC Day, senior correspondent Barry Everingham recounts the grief caused by the tragic loss ...  

ANZAC Day and Australian maturity

25 Apr 2011 |   ANZAC Day reminds us that Australia's nationhood has been tempered through blood and tears. ...  

Ned Kelly and reimagined Australian history

11 Apr 2011 | In March 2010, one of Sidney Nolan’s famous paintings from his early Ned Kelly series, First- ...  

Geoffrey Dutton, Donald Horne and the revitalisation of Australian republican ideals

6 Apr 2011 |   On this day in 1963, the Australian intellectual Geoffrey Dutton’s article ‘British ...  

Help Hugh Lunn save the Australian language

24 Mar 2011 | Are we losing our Australian language – our unique phrases and manner of speech – to the ...  

Why is William W coming to Australia?

16 Mar 2011 | A member of Britain’s royal family will be in Australia next weekend—Barry Everingham wonders ...  

Our 100% true-blue Australian

1 Mar 2011 | A day in the life of a proud 100 per cent true-blue Australian, by George Said. To his horror, he ...  

'Inventing Australia': images of a new national identity

15 Feb 2011 | Australian national identity has changed from the mid-1940s with the advent of mass-immigration ...  

Make 'I am Australian' our national anthem

10 Feb 2011 | Let's make 'I am Australian' our national anthem, or at least our national song, says David ...  

Australian Loyalty: Sentimental and Political

5 Feb 2011 | This 1887 piece by Henry Lawson, written in the Golden Jubilee year of Queen Victoria, has s ...  

Australian of the Year: outstanding choice and a republican

27 Jan 2011 | The new Australian of the Year has been named and he’s a philanthropic republican businessman. ...  

The Australian Dream: Indigenous Peoples in an Australian Republic

14 Jan 2011 | In her 2005 National Republican Lecture (full text below), Larissa Behrendt said that "...Austr ...