August 2010

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Parliament House, Canberra. © JJ Harrison

State politics

The hollowmen

By Mark Aarons

Australia's first prime minister, Edmund Barton, addresses the nation, Sydney, 1901. From the book 'Souvenir of the inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth', circa 1901. Courtesy of the National Library of Australia.

Society

The states of the nation

By David Malouf

International politics

China’s quarry

By Paul Barry

Family and relationships

Duty of care

By Margaret Simons

A reunion of the 'Dunera' boys, held in Melbourne, November 1984. Photo by Henry Talbot. Courtesy of the National Library of Australia.

History

From Berlin to the bush

By Ken Inglis

The Nation Reviewed

Politics

Julia Gillard

By Julia Baird

I’m not naive, you know, I’m not Doris Day who’s just somehow parachuted into Canberra. I had to fight hard to get preselected, I had to play a factional game to do that, I had to count numbers, I had to make deals and I’d do all of that again tomorrow if I needed to. – Julia Gillard, 2006