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UNCOVERED: Gough whitlam - The Untold Story

Reform wasn’t meant to be easy. Here’s how the battles for Medicare and child support defeated vested interests

Can you imagine Australia without Medicare, the age pension, or with 50% tariffs on imported goods such as cars, clothes and shoes?

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Is Canberra's tap water really the best? Icon Water tests its drop

Canberrans already know the answer to that.

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Thrown shoes, sabotaged launches and exposed affairs: the drama of Australian political publishing

The most striking example of performance politics in Joshua Black’s entertaining book comes when an audience member at a 2010 taping of the now-defunct ABC show Q&A throws a shoe at former prime minister John Howard. (It echoed a famous moment two years earlier, when an Iraqi journalist threw his…

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Meet the principal of Canberra's newest primary school

Felicity Levett carries a family legacy of teaching with her.

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‘More bodyguards than Frank Sinatra’: When Blue Poles first toured, it was met with street protests. Now it’s crossing Australia

Bought by the then Australian prime minister, Gough Whitlam, for the yet-to-be-built National Gallery in Canberra, Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles sparked one of Australia’s most enduring culture wars

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Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?

Paul Keating never wrote a memoir. He has plenty of stories to tell, opinions to share and publishers who’d jump at the chance to help. Whenever the old feud between Keating and his predecessor Bob Hawke reignited, as it occasionally did, the latter wielded the prospect of a memoir like…

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Controversial artwork takes up pole position in west

The prime minister has announced a $500 million painting, deemed a waste of taxpayer funds when first purchased, will depart Australia's capital for the west.

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The ABC has a tradition of mocking the powerful. Now, after the Rinehart furore, it risks creating a comedy no-go zone

I didn’t think the Race Around the World segment was funny, but does the ABC really need to change its editorial policies to make sure violence and humour sleep in separate beds?

The Guardian - AU

Gregarious Canberra insider who wrote the book on diplomacy

Remembering the last of a remarkable generation of public officials.

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When celebs visit town, this is where they want to stay

How two venues shaped the political and social life of a city.

The Canberra Times

‘White Australia’ has always been a myth. Hanson lamenting its end is wrong – and dangerous

The unexpected rise of One Nation in the polls, helped by leader Pauline Hanson’s relationship with mining magnate Gina Rinehart and often uncritical treatment by mainstream media, has seen the reemergence of another historical curio: the White Australia policy.

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Pauline Hanson laments end of White Australia policy and talks up daughter’s leadership potential

Appearing on a podcast with the far-right UK activist who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, Hanson makes evidence-free claims about migrants

The Guardian - AU

Growing unlike anywhere in Australia, there's one thing this ACT suburb needs

More than 1600 people now call the western suburb home.

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Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Australia is the only advanced democracy without a human rights act or bill of rights - but Anthony Albanese's government isn't in a hurry to change that.

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'A great Novocastrian who gave our movement heart': Peter Morris's life and legacy celebrated

Family, friends, political allies and constituents farewelled the former Shortland MP.

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Was the Hawke government really the ‘gold standard’ for reform?

Journalism is sometimes called the first draft of history. Near contemporary works, such as the University of Canberra’s long running series of books on Australian governments, going back to the Hawke government (1983-1991), might be viewed as the second draft.

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Legacy of a giant: the judge who reshaped Aussie law

Former High Court chief justice Anthony Mason was applauded for his adventurous approach but criticised for making - rather than interpreting - the law.

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Family court's 50 year legacy of reform and resilience

Fifty years on, the Family Court's legacy spans landmark rulings, social change and tragedy, while supporting millions of families through their darkest times.

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29 People Share Notorious Photos That Changed The Future Of Their Country

Some moments change a country so deeply that people only understand their weight years later. Looking back, it’s wild how one event can reshape politics, culture, and everyday life. One Redditor asked others to share the most notorious photos capturing the exact moments that changed their nations forever, and the…

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It may not be perfect, but history shows Australia cannot turn its back on the UN

US President Donald Trump’s invitation of selected world leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to join a “Board of Peace” has sparked a predictable mix of deep concern and morbid humour.

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Grattan on Friday: In dumping net zero, the Liberals have thumbed their noses at voters they need to win

With much talk this week about the end of the Whitlam government, Liberal conservatives might do well to read Gough Whitlam’s 1967 speech to the Victorian Labor Party, at the start of his climb to power.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: US Senate approves deal to end shutdown; near-misses at Melbourne airport; and ‘dark’ novel wins Booker prize

Democrats broke from their party and voted with Republicans, a move that has enraged many in their caucus

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Why a comedian was at the centre of Whitlam's sacking

Half a decade on from the Whitlam dismissal, satirist Garry McDonald has revealed how he played his character Norman Gunston in the thick of the political saga.

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Morning Mail: Albanese calls Whitlam dismissal ‘calculated plot’, Trump threatens to sue BBC for US$1bn, plan for more Melbourne trains

Prime minister speaks out on 50th anniversary of Gough Whitlam’s removal; US president adds to crisis engulfing UK broadcaster

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Former PM wanted to arrest the man who sacked Whitlam

Two former prime ministers have given a behind-the-scenes look at the machinations leading up to the Whitlam dismissal, 50 years on from the political saga.

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