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Abbott’s version of Australian history draws criticism for outdated views

Tony Abbott’s new book attempts to revive an outdated ‘three cheers’ narrative of White ...  
The role of the United States in the dismissal of the Whitlam Government

In 1975, Australia lost more than a Prime Minister — it lost its independence. The CIA’s ...  
The racism we refuse to see: Australia’s silence on Papua New Guinea

Australia’s token gestures of reconciliation ring hollow while Papua New Guinea, our closest ...  
Fighting Australia’s complicity in genocide — we’ve been here before

When governments refuse to act, it has always fallen to workers and communities to halt Austral ...  
50 years of truth-telling about Australia’s racist past

Marking half a century since its groundbreaking first edition, Exclusion, Exploitation and Exte ...  
Cracking the code: How Brisbane helped invent the digital age

Long before smartphones and streaming, a secret room in wartime Brisbane helped usher in the ...  
Why Keating’s greatest speeches still matter after the Voice failed

Paul Keating’s Redfern and War Memorial speeches, written over 30 years ago, remain a powerful ...  
Docklands remembered: 'Last Light on Victoria Dock, 1999'

For 25 years, timeless images of Melbourne's historic maritime gateway have been stored in a draw ...  
When the lights went out on Victoria Dock

Photojournalist Bill McAuley made a pilgrimage to Docklands in the late '90s to catalogue what ...  
Synchronicity and the legacy of colonial killings

A shocking coincidence uncovers a family link to Australia’s hidden history of massacres, ...  
Colonial killings hidden in code spark truth-telling debate

A settler’s coded diary of killings is challenging Australia's comfort with its colonial past ...  
Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars

On its 25th anniversary, the Myall Creek Memorial stands as a quiet rebuke to the national silence ...  
Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

With states jostling to prove their tough-on-crime credentials by introducing racist laws, will ...  
Kate Grenville re-examines our nation's origins in 'Unsettled'

Kate Grenville retraces her ancestors’ colonial paths across Australia, confronting the legacy ...  
The Coalition marriage breakup: A nuclear meltdown

The Liberal and National parties are "on a break", but what does this mean for Australia's poli ...  
Weaponising fear is an age-old tradition for the Liberal Party

Fear-driven politics aimed at ageing voters has long been the strategy of Australia's Liberal Part ...  
A digger walks 'to remember them'

A digger walks back through the city on Anzac Day after taking part in the march to Melbourne's ...  
Anzac Day a family affair

A young boy, complete with slouch hat, salutes in front of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on A ...  
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