Before the marches: They were already here

20 May 2026 | Muslim men who stopped to pray five times a day in the red dust of the Australian interior did the ...  

Happy 125th birthday to the Commonwealth of Australia

15 May 2026 | The 9th of May is a beautiful time of the year, with breezy, high-skied blue days around Austra ...  

Australian values and the long shadow of racial fear

9 May 2026 | As politicians invoke “Australian values” as a test of belonging, Australia’s own history ...  

BOOK REVIEW: Albert, Alan and the Guṯkuṯ

8 May 2026 | A moving exploration of history, grief and reconciliation, Albert, Alan and the Guṯkuṯ traces ...  

BOOK REVIEW: 'Fathering' — a century of change and what endures

24 Apr 2026 | A sweeping exploration of fatherhood in Australia, from policy and history to deeply personal ...  

Australia’s $300b AUKUS bet hinges on Britain’s submarine capacity

10 Mar 2026 | The arrival of Britain’s HMS Anson in Western Australia highlights the historic ties, industrial ...  

The Butterfly Women: Murder and survival in colonial Melbourne

13 Dec 2025 | Madeleine Cleary’s ‘The Butterfly Women’ brings colonial Melbourne to life in a gripping ...  

Declassified files expose Chile coup links to Whitlam’s Dismissal

19 Nov 2025 | Documents reveal how Australia’s covert role in Chile’s 1973 coup fed the tensions that ...  

Republic campaign reignited by evidence of royal involvement in Whitlam sacking

17 Nov 2025 | Fresh scrutiny of royal interference in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to ...