Anzac Day 2015: The end of the RSL 'century'?

23 Apr 2015 | What is the future of the RSL? Half the current members are WWII veterans and the great majority ...  

Atatürk’s famous words of 1934 in doubt

21 Apr 2015 | New evidence shows the famous 'Johnnies and Mehmets' quote attributed to the father of modern ...  

The Allies at Gallipoli: Defeat in 1915, Disgrace in 2015

10 Apr 2015 | On 24 April 1915, Turkey arrested and murdered hundreds of Armenians as part of a genocide. ...  

A roadmap for the 2015 Budget: increasing tax revenue!

21 Mar 2015 | Discussions of tax usually focus on tax rates, not on tax bases. But both offer possibilities to ...  

Language of monarchy over in Queensland?

13 Mar 2015 | Since the election of the LNP Newman Government in 2012, there had been a steady output of ideo ...  

The History Man: Manning Clark centenary — 1915-2015

11 Mar 2015 | This year is the centenary of the birth of one of Australia's most influential, controversial and ...  

The new Pig Iron Bob: Submarine Tony

11 Feb 2015 | By sending our submarine building industry to Japan, Tony Abbott is following in a rich conserv ...  

Rupert Murdoch's Australian dream

14 Nov 2014 | Does Australia really need a national newspaper? Or is its existence just about one man's pride? ...  

The Gough Whitlam memorial: Farewell to a giant

6 Nov 2014 | Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s memorial service in Sydney yesterday was an occasion memorable ...  

Whitlam's other children

28 Oct 2014 | It is a sign of Gough Whitlam's greatness and success that we have a government as spiteful and ...  

Gough Whitlam and the CIA’s forgotten coup

24 Oct 2014 | The political demise of Gough Whitlam man is one of America's dirtiest secrets — but don’t ...  

Comrade Gough and the Australian Republic

22 Oct 2014 | Gough Whitlam was a great Australian patriot and a passionate advocate for an Australian republic ...  

We want Gough

22 Oct 2014 | Australia is immeasurably better off for having had a small window of genuine political leadership ...  

Vale the great Gough Whitlam

21 Oct 2014 | Vale Gough Whitlam, former Australian prime minister and hero, not only of Australia, but to all ...  

Bigoted Barry Spurr: Christopher Pyne's racist reviewer

20 Oct 2014 | One of the Abbott Government’s handpicked curriculum reviewers has been shown to be a disgusting ...  

Is Anzac a danger to children?

16 Oct 2014 | A lot of Australia’s war commemorations are directed at children, which may be a danger to their ...  

Who gets to play on Team Australia?

2 Oct 2014 | What positions and parts do Indigenous Australians ‒ and their unceasingly resilient culture ‒ ...  

First Fleet comments define Abbott’s cynical dog-whistling

4 Sep 2014 | Tony Abbott’s saying the First Fleet arrival was the defining moment in the history of the ...