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Tweet Hazel Hawke was a great Australian ― and a great Australian republican. History editor Dr Glenn Davies provides a heartfelt IA tribute to a sparkling, many-faceted, Aussie gem. Portrait of Hazel Hawke by Sally Robinson (Source: John.Curtin.edu.au) On...
Tweet Globalisation might have a lot to do with the demise of Ford Australia but, according to Ross Jones, much of the blame can be sheeted a lot closer to home. (Image: screenshot from 7 News YouTube video.) AH, GLOBALISATION … what a...
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 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...
Tweet Rodney E. Lever considers Rupert Murdoch’s visit to Darwin, as well as the suspicious timing of his disgraced apparatchik Rebekah Brooks’ visit to Australia. EVIDENCE IS steadily mounting, day by day, about Rupert Murdoch’s future...
Tweet As previously reported military lawyer Jim Unkles was unsuccessful at securing a pardon for Breaker Morant, however all may not be lost for The Breaker, says Dr Glenn Davies. FILMING OF Breaker Morant – The Retrial began on location...
Tweet Many people have labelled Tony Abbott as Australia’s most effective opposition leader, but that’s nothing more than hyperbole, says Kieran Fitzgerald. A number of commentators and media outlets have declared Tony Abbott to be “the...
