Julian Leeser MP, the Member for Berowra, has for many years supported recognition of Indigenous Australian in the constitution. He is among those Liberal Party members who now differ from the Coalition stance on the referendum on The Voice to Parliament to be held on 14 October. Julian Leeser supports the Yes case. Julian Leeser, [...]
A prominent supporter of the No case for the referendum on The Voice to Parliament, set down for 14 October 2023, South Australian Liberal Party Senator Kerrynne Liddle has argued, “Regardless of the result, there will be an expectation on all of us that there needs to be change. There is an expectation that the [...]
Clifton Pugh painted Gough Whitlam's official portrait hanging in Parliament House. Married to Clifton at the time, Judith Pugh was part of the vibe that Whitlam was the great mover and shaker in the Australian Arts world. Since then, Pugh has discovered that in fact Robert Menzies was ahead of Whitlam in his contribution to [...]
Kate Grenville is an Australian internationally acclaimed and prize winning writer. She has published fifteen books, the most recent being Restless Dolly Maunder which traces the character and experiences of her maternal grandmother. Beginning on the land in the late nineteenth century, her journey covers urban and rural NSW and Queensland, the good years of [...]
From cricket and movies to trade and immigration, Australia's relations with India have moved progressively forward over the past two decades. This development has not passed the notice of Labor’s new federal MP for Parramatta Andrew Charlton. The Australian Financial Review has described Andrew Charlton as a "centrist, evidence-based, data-driven economist with entrepreneurial flair". He is the [...]
Why does Australia have a national signals intelligence agency? How did it begin, what does it do and why is it controversial? And how significant are its ties with key partners, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, to this arrangement? On Wednesday 16 August 2023, John Blaxland, Professor of International Security [...]
Why does Australia have a national signals intelligence agency? How did it begin, what does it do and why is it controversial? And how significant are its ties with key partners, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, to this arrangement? On Wednesday 16 August 2023, John Blaxland, Professor of International Security [...]
No two contestants in Australian political history could be said to have affected each other as much as Robert Menzies and Bert Evatt – one to have helped to establish a workable platform – the United Nations - to bring nations together in the cause of peace, the other to establish himself as Australia’s longest [...]
No two contestants in Australian political history could be said to have affected each other as much as Robert Menzies and Bert Evatt – one to have helped to establish a workable platform – the United Nations - to bring nations together in the cause of peace, the other to establish himself as Australia’s longest [...]
No two contestants in Australian political history could be said to have affected each other as much as Robert Menzies and Bert Evatt – one to have helped to establish a workable platform – the United Nations - to bring nations together in the cause of peace, the other to establish himself as Australia’s longest [...]
