An Australian Republic: Revisiting the 1998 Constitutional Convention

14 Feb 2018 | The 1998 Constitutional Convention supported a Republic Referendum, but its failure shattered the ...  

Australia Day: A fascist love affair

27 Jan 2018 | January 26, 1788, the day the British Empire jacked an entire continent; the day that marks the ...  

Australia Daze

26 Jan 2018 | Once again, the date for the celebration of a national day has become the subject of a mass ...  

Change the name of Australia Day — and call it what it is

25 Jan 2018 | NSW Penal Colony Establishment Day? Managing editor Dave Donovan proposes a name change for the ...  

EDITORIAL: A name change for Australia Day — time to call it what it is

24 Jan 2018 | Independent Australia proposes a name change for the 26 January public holiday, so that it is ...  

The demons of Van Dieman's Land: Britain's genocide in Tasmania

20 Jan 2018 | Not only were British colonists at war with Australia's First People, but irrefutable evidence ...  

EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Malcolm's Day of disappointment

18 Jan 2018 | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is disappointed with Australians. But Australians are more ...  

EDITORIAL: Malcolm's Day of disappointment

17 Jan 2018 | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is disappointed with Australians. But Australians are more ...  

Egging the Prime Minister — 100 years on

14 Dec 2017 | 100 years ago, Australians were in the middle of a divisive national debate on whether Australia ...  

Gladys Berejiklian's bridge of lies and destruction in historic Windsor

6 Dec 2017 | Roads and Maritime Services is perpetrating vandalism using secretive measures on a massive scale ...  

Government by seven High Court judges and the black letter of the Constitution

22 Nov 2017 | The confidence that the Turnbull Government is placing on the High Court to decide whether MPs ...  

Dual citizenship swear words: Oaths of allegiance out of touch

20 Nov 2017 | Between now and Christmas there will be a lot of swearing heard from politicians around Australia ...  

Remember, remember, Australia’s republican November

11 Nov 2017 | Remember November, because November is the "republican season" in Australia, writes history editor ...  

The Battle of Beersheba: More than just one glorious charge

2 Nov 2017 | The Battle of Beersheba was much more than just an heroic charge, says managing editor David ...  

Under the Lino: A Brisbane collaborative history project is unravelling secrets

31 Oct 2017 | What if you discovered a whole load of money under the lino? What would you do?  

The Royal green light behind the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government

25 Oct 2017 | It is now clear that In a staggering breach of Australian sovereignty, the Palace was involved in ...  

From Left to Right and back again: The Donald Horne enigma

15 Oct 2017 | A new selection of writings by iconoclastic social commentator and historian Donald Horne has ...  

The Western Front: In search of Alexander Benson 2372

11 Oct 2017 | One hundred years ago today, Alan Austin's great uncle died on the Western Front and, like thou ...