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Tweet It’s been twenty years since Paul Keating announced the establishment of the Republic Advisory Committee on 28 April 1993 and appointed Malcolm Turnbull as its chair. Turnbull is back campaigning again for an Australian republic and...
Tweet The Queensland Government is trying to kill off Labour Day by moving the public holiday from its traditional May date to October, however it will be business as usual for the Queensland union movement today – Sunday, 5 May – writes...
Tweet With the images on ABC Four Corners of asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Manus Island fresh in our minds, Dr George Venturini starts a new series on the history and reasons for Australia’s current unfair and illegal refugee policy. (Click...
Tweet The Anzac Day tradition is powerfully strong in schools all around Australia, says history editor and school history teacher Dr Glenn Davies, who takes us through a typical ceremony. IN THE PAST few days, there have been school Anzac...
Tweet Australia mourns the passing of one of the country’s most iconic rock stars — the lead singer of the Divinyls, Chrissy Amphlett. Jenny LeComte remembers a legend. AFTER BEING IMPRISONED for three months for singing on the streets...
Tweet Why is the NSW Government putting a road through the oldest public square in Australia, damaging precious Australian heritage and ignoring the concerns of locals. Peter Wicks reports. An old picture of Windsor Bridge, with Thompsons Square...
Tweet Without earth, water and air, what have we? Something soothing and non-satirical from Gee. read more »
Tweet The Newman LNP government has spent record political capital in record time. Matthew N. Donovan comments on a slippery slide after a record victory. Qld Premier Campbell Newman and the alleged power behind the throne: LNP frontbenchers...
Tweet The Age exposes the Australian foreign minister as an “agent” under US influence; Murray Hunter asks — is U.S. influence in Australian politics destroying policy objectivity? Foreign Minister Bob Carr (image courtesy ABC). JUST...
Tweet John Howard’s latest lies about the Iraq War remind us of his deep dishonesty and give the Government a new avenue to attack the Opposition, writes deputy editor Sandi Keane. (Cartoon republished with the kind permission of Rocco...
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