Australian History
Why I'm not celebrating Australia Day

Why don't we celebrate Australia Day on a day all Australians can get behind. David Donovan ...  
Canberra's misplaced plan

Why is Australia’s capital city so very different from its original design? Callum Davidson ...  
Another year of mud and smear

2013 will be another year of smear, says Rodney E. Lever, based on the long history of the bloody ...  
Sub-tropical Fascism (Part 1): Nationalism and patriotism

Here we present the first in a jolting six part series by Dr George Venturini; here, he looks at ...  
The ABC is left wing? You must be joking!

Despite what you may have heard, the ABC is far from being left-wing, say 3CR radio host Bill ...  
Hold the line: Afghanistan and the ABC

'It appears that, through omission, or self-censorship, the official line on Afghanistan is in ...  
The giant conga line of suckholes

Broadcaster Bill Deller discusses WikiLeaks, the CIA and the ALP, and why Australia won't get a ...  
Starry, Sari night

Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence reflects on the Bali Bombings, which took the lives of ...  
Taking to the streets of Brisbane

This weekend is the 30th Anniversary of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games protests. With ...  
Rupert Murdoch’s crazy house

Far from being a "hands off" proprietor, News Ltd's former Queensland general manager Rodney E. ...  
The Republic of Letters

Now in its fourth year, the National Republican Short Story Competition is helping to build the ...  
A 'good murder'

The sensationally hysterical approach of Rupert’s Murdoch’s newspapers has a long family ...  
Reflections on the Fall

Today is the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Vietnam veteran Bob Whittaker reflects on ...  
The Dark Knight Rises on the Viagra of violence (Part 2)

Tomorrow, it will be 25 years since the infamous Hoddle Street massacre in Melbourne. Contributing ...  
The Dark Knight Rises on the Viagra of violence (Part 1)

On Thursday, it will be 25 years since the infamous Hoddle Street massacre in Melbourne. Contri ...  
Damien Hooper and the Indigenous Australian flag

When Indigenous Australian boxer Damien Cooper displayed an Aboriginal flag before competing at ...  
Ministerial responsibility in Australia: Accuracy please

New, albeit flawed, research suggests the Labor Party exhibits far higher standards of ministerial ...  
The Legend of Wunda Woman

It isn't necessary to fund chaplains in schools, says Graham Jackson; that money would be better ...  
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