Old political records keep being broken by the participants in this extraordinary election, writes Rodney Tiffen
23 Aug 10 Comments (1)Remembering refugees
The parties are making promises like there’s no tomorrow and policy like there’s no yesterday, writes Klaus Neumann
20 Aug 10 Comments (0)Second thoughts
Australian governments tend to take a hit at their first bid for re-election, writes Norman Abjorensen. But it’s not clear why
18 Aug 10 Comments (1)When Marconi’s magic came to Queenscliff…
The Coalition thinks wireless is the answer for Australian broadband. Jock Given remembers an earlier moment when wires-without-wires had their day.
12 Aug 10 Comments (3)Two-up, one down
The law seemed to fail Boonie Hilt, a thirty-six year old Aboriginal man, but there were small victories along the way, writes Gillian Cowlishaw
07 Jul 10 Comments (0)The strange career of the Australian conscience
Dean Ashenden traces the collaboration between anthropologists Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen, “bearers, shapers and captives of the Australian conscience”
10 Jun 10 Comments (2)Nine-tenths of the law
Sydney’s media moguls took off the gloves on a winter’s night in 1960 – and the Packers lost, writes Rodney Tiffen
03 Jun 10 Comments (1)My mother’s story
In this extract from her new book, Maria Tumarkin recounts the events that unfolded after news of war reached the Ukrainian village of Dubovyazovka
07 May 10 Comments (0)Windschuttle, again
BOOKS | Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden
15 Mar 10 Comments (4)Reviewing Indigenous history in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia
CINEMA | On the eve of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference at the National Museum of Australia, convenors Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history
04 Dec 09 Comments (2)
