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…

1 month ago

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…

1 month ago

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…

2 months ago

The Atlas Network has eugenicist roots

We don’t expect the free market’s ad men to understand their movement’s deep integration with eugenicist ideas. It is worth…

2 months ago

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…

2 months ago

ABC News refuses to correct manifestly false reporting about Labor’s poverty reduction

By Alan Austin An interview on the 7.30 Report in November asserted falsely that poverty in Australia was worsening under…

2 months ago

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 1)

By Jenny Hocking Abstract Gough Whitlam was deeply committed to the preservation of history, and keenly attuned to the importance…

2 months ago

As the world turned to shit, the Coalition turned to religion

Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that…

2 months ago

The Party That Killed Democracy (Part 1)

The demise of Western Democracy has been predicted in various ways over the years. It all started I think with…

2 months ago

The Nuclear Robodebt

By Christopher Kennedy Liberal Party leader Dutton has come up with the nuclear option for energy generation as his ticket…

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