Weaponising fear is an age-old tradition for the Liberal Party

1 May 2025 | Fear-driven politics aimed at ageing voters has long been the strategy of Australia's Liberal Part ...  

Compulsory Anzac Day services an attack on freedom

5 Apr 2025 | Forcing children to participate in school Anzac Day services is an attack on freedom and should be ...  

Lotus May Thompson and the Acid Girl legacy

7 Mar 2025 | A century ago, on 1 February 1925, Australian silent film star Lotus May Thompson made headlines ...  

Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions tells an important piece of Indigenous history

21 Feb 2025 | A new book by acclaimed author Clare Wright examines how the people of Yirrkala changed the course ...  

The life and crimes of Australia's most daring fugitive

10 Jan 2025 | A new book detailing the life of one of Australia's most charismatic criminals also serves as a ...  

Reclaiming the radical spirit of the Eureka Rebellion

9 Dec 2024 | Many democratic liberties we celebrate today are the result of the sacrifice of the rebels who ...  

War Memorial makes little effort to recognise Frontier Wars

19 Nov 2024 | The Australian War Memorial is still failing to acknowledge the Frontier Wars as an important part ...  

Historic strike remembered as Victorian police dispute escalates

3 Oct 2024 | As the Victorian Police pay dispute continues, fears arise of a similar situation that erupted in ...  

Middle East genocide bears parallels to Australian colonisation

2 Oct 2024 | The atrocities being committed against Gazans bear similarities to the brutality carried out ...  

History wars fought to avoid cultural amnesia

22 Aug 2024 | Historians have a responsibility to preserve the story of our nation – the good and the bad – ...  

Anzac religion unfitting in multicultural Australia

27 Jun 2024 | The Anzac legend encompasses predominantly White Australian history with little significance to ...