Australian History
Admiralty House on republican land

  One of the many strands of irony that lace through the republican debate in Australia ...  
Brisbane’s Republican Bridge Opens

The Ted Smout Memorial Bridge has been claimed as Brisbane’s new republican bridge.  
The spirit of National Wattle Day

September 1 is ‘National Wattle Day’ — a time when the smells of Spring are in the air as ...  
The man who is Murdoch

The damning Murdoch tapes − hardly reported by Australia's sycophantic and scared media frate ...  
Happy third birthday IA — the voice of an independent Australia

Today is Independent Australia’s third birthday. Congratulations from the team at IA to ...  
Vale Hazel Hawke ― first among equals

Hazel Hawke was a great Australian ― and a great Australian republican. History editor Dr Glenn ...  
How Aussie Jack helped send Ford back

Globalisation might have a lot to do with the demise of Ford Australia but, according to Ross ...  
Australia's treatment of asylum seekers and refugees (Part 1a)

With the images on ABC Four Corners of asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Manus Island fresh in ...  
2013 ANZAC Day school ceremony

  The Anzac Day tradition is powerfully strong in schools all around Australia, says history ...  
Christina Amphlett — rebel with a cause

Australia mourns the passing of one of the country’s most iconic rock stars — the lead singer ...  
Is Bob Carr a spy?

The Age exposes the Australian foreign minister as an "agent" under US influence; Murray Hunter ...  
John Howard — Lazarus lying

John Howard's latest lies about the Iraq War remind us of his deep dishonesty and give the Gove ...  
Murdoch in Darwin and his plans for Australia

Rodney E. Lever considers Rupert Murdoch’s visit to Darwin, as well as the suspicious timing ...  
The retrial of Breaker Morant

  As previously reported military lawyer Jim Unkles was unsuccessful at securing a pardon for ...  
Tony Abbott: Australia’s most effective Opposition Leader?

Many people have labelled Tony Abbott as Australia’s most effective opposition leader, but ...  
The day The Australian's reporters stopped writing lies

Rupert Murdoch’s brazen intervention in the 1975 Federal election campaign led to reporters at ...  
The forthcoming assault on workers' rights

The Gordonstone mine dispute is a case study in why Tony Abbott must not be allowed to become ...  
Remembering Indigenous Australians on Australia Day

Progressive Christian leader Rev’d Dr Ray Barraclough calls for a minute's silence on Australia ...  
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