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Blame it on the Media?
By James Moore “If you don’t want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and […]
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Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 6)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 5 The Lost Archive: Government House Guest Books In 2010, I first requested access to the Government House guest books held by the Archives, which provide the details of […]
Environment
Australian Conservation Foundation warns of more climate catastrophes as LA wildfires burn and 2024 declared hottest year on record
Australian Conservation Foundation Media Release With 2024 now officially declared the hottest year on record, and wildfires continuing to rage in California, the Australian Conservation Foundation says urgent action is needed to phase out fossil […]
Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 5)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 4 On the afternoon of 11 November 1975, Kerr revealed that he had secretly met with the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Sir Garfield Barwick, the […]
Politics
Refugees as Business: The Paladin Group Contract
Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]
Environment
Richest 1% burn through their annual carbon limit in just 10 days
Oxfam Australia Media Release The richest 1 percent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing the world […]
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Make brain health your New Year’s resolution in 2025
Dementia Australia Media Release As many Australians start the year with a New Year’s resolution to increase their physical activity, Dementia Australia is cheering them on. Physical inactivity is the nation’s largest contributing modifiable risk […]
Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 4)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 3 Kerr always claimed that the decision to dismiss the Whitlam government was his alone, that the leader of the opposition, Malcolm Fraser, did not know and that he […]
Politics
Dutton reminds us of Abbott, but not in a good way
One from our old site that deserves another run. Mark Buckley published this well-received article on September 25, 2023. Reading Nikki Savva’s The Road to Ruin is a depressing read, because it validates what many of us […]
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Jimmy Carter’s place in the sun
By Peter Boyer In June 1979, on a warm and sunny morning in Washington, President Jimmy Carter stood with minders and media people on the roof of the White House to view what they imagined […]
Environment
Los Angeles fire a wake up call for Australia
Friends of the Earth Australia Media Release The fires currently tearing through Los Angeles are a reminder that Australia can no longer rely on northern hemisphere nations for water-bombing aircraft and firefighters during our summer. […]
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Monash experts: Andrew Tate launches political party
Monash University Media Release Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has this week launched a political party in the UK and announced his intention to attempt a political career. His party is titled ‘Britain Restoring Underlying Values’, […]
Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 3)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 2 Through that single act of dismissal, Kerr had breathed new life into the arcane reserve powers of the Crown once considered obsolete, superseded by the democratic fabric of […]
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Democracy and diversity: media ownership in Australia
Here’s one for the ages, first published on our old site on June 23, 2014. “To protect democracy, governments have an obligation to detect and remove political bias within the media” writes David Vadori. We […]
Politics
Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 2)
By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 1 After years of legal action, still absent from public view are crucial documents from a most contentious time in British imperial history: the 1947 and 1948 diaries covering […]