Australian History
Making sure there are no more ‘Murdochs’

After more than sixty years in the media industry Rodney E Lever has come to the conclusion that ...  
Rewriting History

Federal education minister Christopher Pyne appears to have reignited the History Wars with a call ...  
Remembering the Western Front

Our national reverence for the landing at Gallipoli seems to be at the cost of Remembrance Day — ...  
Could Abbott end Medicare?

The re-emergence of the Medicare co-payment idea for GP services could be the first step in the ...  
BoM: 2013 was Australia's hottest year on record

The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed 2013 as Australia’s hottest year since records began in ...  
Rupert Murdoch in Black and White

It was the premier of South Australia, Tom Playford IV, who unlocked Rupert Murdoch from his ...  
How Rupert Murdoch took over The News

Rupert Murdoch never wanted to be a reporter, explains veteran newspaperman Rodney E. Lever, so he ...  
Tingle-ing Australians

Australian Financial Review's Chief Economics editor, Laura Tingle's sweeping condemnation of A ...  
Why republicanism declined at federation

    Brad Webb says that the early push for an Australian republic stalled because ...  
Reconciliation and national unification

    Brad Webb   Only by a true recognition of indigenous Australian ...  
Thomas Keneally: Our Republic

  Thomas Keneally writes a passionate, thoughtful and easily readable history of ...  
QTU: Australia's first republican union

    For the past 20 years, Glenn Davies has been a Queensland state education teacher. ...  
John Curtin and Australia’s changing attitude towards the monarchy

    John Curtin played a formative part in Australia's developing nationhood and rel ...  
Wattle Day - our land's birthday

  Wattle Day is celebrated annually on the first day of spring, 1st September and is a far ...  
John Boston: royalty can't beer it

  [caption id="attachment_1250" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr Glenn A. Davies[/capti ...  
Bio of Major General Michael Keating AO

    Major General Michael Keating AO was elected to chair the Australian Republican ...  
Speculating on the republic

  There have certainly been many republican writers in Australia’s past but very few ...  
The Queen is an ineffective head of state

The Queen does not represent the people, sign into law legislation or uphold the Constitution. ...  

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