HISTORICAL FACTS: 11 | History Defined

No winners in Middle East fighting

"This ongoing fiasco with our council certainly does not pass the pub test."

Newcastle Herald · Oct 20, 2023

Asio warns against inflamed language over Middle East amid concern of ‘opportunistic violence’

Mike Burgess issues rare public statement asking ‘all parties consider the implications for social cohesion’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023

'We should be listening': the long history of Liberal innovation – and failure – on Indigenous policy

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and images of deceased people.

The Conversation · Oct 11, 2023

Albanese joins list of Australian PM sporting fails

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was looking for the earth to swallow him up after dropping an easy catch in a charity cricket game on Wednesday.

AAP · Oct 4, 2023

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in APS

What does being impartial really mean? And what should it look like?

The Canberra Times · Sep 26, 2023

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public Service

The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about Robodebt from the royal commission, they must not be treated as an isolated case but as evidence of…

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2023

‘It’s bunkum’: former Liberal party director and John Howard chief of staff dismisses no campaign arguments

Tony Nutt says the voice to parliament is just, practical and constitutionally safe, a view at odds with the former leader he served for a decade

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023

Finals farewell and a warning to star Newcastle Knights player

'You're going to miss Newcastle, mate.'

Newcastle Herald · Sep 18, 2023

No lasting negative impact of colonisation? Try telling that to survivors of Kinchela

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price needs a better understanding of history if she thinks Indigenous people have only seen positive things from white rule

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023

Governments from both sides have walked this path

On October 14, vote 'yes' to a better future.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 13, 2023