Australian History

2 Sep 2014 | Yesterday, 1 September 2014, was the 21st anniversary of the Australian Republican Movement giving ...

31 Aug 2014 | An informed democracy will behave in a responsible fashion, says Dr Helen Caldicott, however as we ...

6 Jul 2014 | Grand Panjandrum Big Chief Lord Anthony Abbott first revived imperial honours and now has revived ...

4 Jul 2014 | Prime Minister – and supposed Indigenous Affairs Prime Minister – Tony Abbott has insulted ...

9 Jun 2014 | Several monarchs have abdicated recently, so when does Queen Elizabeth II get to retire, asks ...

23 May 2014 | Abbott's first Budget will only add to the problem of homelessness. How to house all these people? ...

7 Apr 2014 | Rupert Murdoch plans to pass on his business to his sons; history shows this to be a risky prop ...

4 Apr 2014 | Disbelief greeted Morrison’s news that everyone found to be a "genuine refugee" would be "set ...

28 Mar 2014 | Through savage budget cuts, the NSW Government has put the repository of much of Australia’s ...

14 Mar 2014 | On the twentieth anniversary of the Australian Citizenship Pledge, on 31 January 2014, the Aust ...

17 Feb 2014 | After more than sixty years in the media industry Rodney E Lever has come to the conclusion that ...

3 Feb 2014 | Federal education minister Christopher Pyne appears to have reignited the History Wars with a call ...

22 Jan 2014 | Our national reverence for the landing at Gallipoli seems to be at the cost of Remembrance Day — ...

10 Jan 2014 | The re-emergence of the Medicare co-payment idea for GP services could be the first step in the ...

5 Jan 2014 | The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed 2013 as Australia’s hottest year since records began in ...

12 Sep 2012 | It was the premier of South Australia, Tom Playford IV, who unlocked Rupert Murdoch from his ...

8 Sep 2012 | Rupert Murdoch never wanted to be a reporter, explains veteran newspaperman Rodney E. Lever, so he ...

14 Aug 2012 | Australian Financial Review's Chief Economics editor, Laura Tingle's sweeping condemnation of A ...

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