VE Day 2020 commemorations another casualty of COVID-19

7 Jun 2020 | VE Day commemorations of the end of WW II muted due to battle with COVID-19.  

JOHN PILGER: The forgotten coup against 'the most loyal ally'

5 Jun 2020 | There are forgotten elements surrounding the Dismissal of Gough Whitlam, including involvement ...  

High Court ruling on the Palace letters could bear explosive consequences

29 May 2020 | Much hangs on the opening of correspondence between Buckingham Palace and Governor-General Kerr in ...  

MUNGO MACCALLUM: Cook, the outrage and the adulation

5 May 2020 | After 250 years, Lieutenant James Cook is back in the headlines — for all the wrong reasons.  

Anzac Day: One day, may no one march there at all

1 May 2020 | Not all Australians reflect on Anzac Day the same way, with some seeing the day as a celebration ...  

Lest we forget the Frontier Wars

28 Apr 2020 | Even as they were serving in the Imperial Defence Force, Indigenous Australians were being mass ...  

The contest of popularity between our national anthem and national song

25 Apr 2020 | History editor Dr Glenn Davies explores the contest of popularity between Advance Australia Fair ...  

Remembering the Battle of Beersheba

25 Apr 2020 | Today is an important day to reflect on one of the most significant conflicts of the First World ...  

A different kind of Anzac Day

24 Apr 2020 | This year's change in Anzac Day memorials won't be the first time in history that events have been ...  

Secret 'Palace letters' could illuminate Whitlam Dismissal if finally released

21 Apr 2020 | The High Court will soon rule on the release of secret "Palace letters" between Kerr and the Queen ...  

The shortage of goods during COVID-19 recalls the 'tea panic' of 1942

19 Apr 2020 | The recent and alarming reaction of sections of the public to a perceived threat of commodity ...  

We must be ready to manage the dead from coronavirus

25 Mar 2020 | Funerals should be postponed and governments must implement body-handling procedures in wake of ...  

'No longer': Recognising Aboriginal heritage and identity

2 Feb 2020 | Reflecting on Invasion Day’s proffering of national citizenship ceremonies,  a seminal question ...  

Betrayal: RSL backs Nazi-aligned Serbian Chetniks

19 Jan 2020 | Australia’s Returned and Services League (RSL) is allowing a Nazi-aligned group from WWII and ...  

Jim Cairns: Labor Left legend, Whitlam Minister and philosopher

8 Dec 2019 | Jim Cairns was a towering political figure in his day, and a serious rival to Gough Whitlam. After ...  

Wren's Week: Angus Taylor sets the benchmark for political scandal

30 Nov 2019 | Another political scandal has erupted in Parliament with Energy Minister Angus Taylor centre stage ...  

History, tension and mistrust: Norfolk Island digs in

15 Sep 2019 | 160 years ago, the descendants of the Bounty mutineers who had populated Pitcairn Island found ...