Australian History
What The Dismissal's legacy means for an Australian republican push

Forty years on, new evidence keeps shedding light on The Dismissal, the latest being Malcolm ...  
Remember November: Australia’s 'republican season'

Any visiting royal should think twice about visiting Australia during November, warns history ...  
Let's dump our anthem's outdated lyrics and replace with these: Australia We Share

Let's face it, Advance Australia Fair simply doesn't cut it as a national anthem in this modern ...  
Turnbull axes Abbott's Knights and Dames

The first significant policy change for the Turnbull Government is to call it a knight on titles. ...  
Sorry, Scott Morrison, my family won’t be singing Advance Australia Fair

Scott Morrison wants all Australian schoolchildren to be forced to stand and sing Australia's ...  
Turnbull's election is a game-changer for Australian Republicans

Early spring time in Australia is a time of renewal, a time when wattles are in bloom and perfect ...  
National Wattle Day — a time to reflect on our republican future

Wattle Day is celebrated annually on the first day of spring, today, the 1st of September and ...  
Beyond federation: Who are we and where do we want to go?

In a recently published book, Beyond Federation, a collection of essays argue the case for aban ...  
AUS1st: (Part 4 & Final) Democratising our Constitution

"The challenge for Australian Republicans" — democratising our Constitution. In the last of his ...  
How sharing stories with Aboriginal communities is healing the racial divide

Using a project in central Australian Aboriginal communities as an example, Pamela Nathan shows ...  
AUST1st: Australian Unity and Sovereignty First (Part 1)

In the first of a four-part series, Ross Garrad lays out a roadmap showing how we can get from our ...  
Peter FitzSimons to spearhead renewed Republic push

Author, journalist and Australian rugby union international Peter FitzSimons has been appointed ...  
Can Abbott or Shorten ever re-ignite the Light on the Hill?

With both Abbott and Shorten hitting rock bottom in the latest poll, Australians feel short-cha ...  
Wukidi! The reconcilation of McColl and Wirrpanda

In 1933, a police constable was speared by an Indigenous man in the Northern Territory. In 2003 ...  
Australian Ab-Originals: Why Tony Abbott needs to take a closer look

DNA evidence shows that Australia's Original people have been here 400,000 years or longer making ...  
Happy fifth birthday, Independent Australia

Independent Australia turns five today. History editor Dr Glenn Davies looks back over the last ...  
Paul Keating’s republican vision — 20 years on

Today, 7 June 2015, is the 20th anniversary of former Prime Minister Paul Keating's 'The Way ...  
Sorry Day sadness and the widening gap

We are now now than seven years on from Kevin Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generation, yet Indi ...  

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