Australia’s forgotten heroes: 200 years of doing good

19 Aug 2018 | History reflects our present in the new work of historian Professor Henry Reynolds on the treat ...  

JOHN PILGER: Embracing our 'bad stock' convict past

11 Jul 2018 | We must recognise and celebrate our Indigenous past and our proud convict past in order to achieve ...  

The mateship story: Fraternal societies in Australia

10 Jun 2018 | Dr Bob James traces the history of fraternal societies in Australia and their unrecognised role in ...  

1868 Indigenous XI and the colonising game of cricket

9 Jun 2018 | Despite the feats of the 1868 Indigenous cricket team, race is still a solid block in the sport ...  

EDITORIAL: The Great Barry Everingham's final deadline

6 Jun 2018 | Independent Australia's is in mourning as our famous and highly esteemed senior correspondent ...  

Australian mateship: Forming identity on the battlefield and TV

27 May 2018 | Andione Raneses analyses the film 'Gallipoli' and video game 'Battlefield 1' as WWI narratives of ...  

Howard’s Anzac fictions and the ageing adolescence of Australia

30 Apr 2018 | With the last of the centenary Anzac commemorations behind us, perhaps we can look more closely at ...  

The Anzac Day legend — and myth

27 Apr 2018 | As with every other religious occasion, Anzac Day starts with an error, a delusion and a misund ...  

EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Lest we forget — that war is hell

26 Apr 2018 | It is right that we pay our respects to the fallen on Anzac Day — but that doesn't mean we ...  

EDITORIAL: Lest we forget — that war is hell

25 Apr 2018 | It is right and proper for us to pay our respects today, April 25 — Anzac Day.  

Lest we forget, again, our violent frontier past

25 Apr 2018 | Anzac Day is an opportunity to confront our violent frontier past and its shadow today, writes Dr ...  

The fat cat is out of the bag: Time to reform the whole banking system

20 Apr 2018 | With daily Royal Commission revelations, Dr Lee Duffield says the cat is out of the bag about how ...  

GC2018 Commonwealth Games: 150 years of princes visiting Australia

3 Apr 2018 | When Prince Charles opens the GC2018 Commonwealth Games, he will bookend 150 years since the first ...  

'Closed' and 'personal': The Palace letters and the Whitlam Dismissal

31 Mar 2018 | Professor Jenny Hocking lays bare all the secrecy behind the Federal Court's ruling on the ...  

Review: 'False Claims of Colonial Thieves'

10 Mar 2018 | Dr Laurie Keim reviews a new, rich book of poetry and, within it, he traces the fault lines in the ...  

Mark Brandon Read's widow responds to Nine's 'Underbelly Files: Chopper'

4 Mar 2018 | 'Underbelly Files: Chopper' is sensationalised to the point of almost pure fiction, says his ...  

The Barnaby Affair: Are the Liberals up to making him go?

16 Feb 2018 | Tensions between the Liberals and Nationals over the Barnaby Joyce sex scandal have destabilised ...