
Australia’s haunted house
Politics
The Brereton Report has wounded Scott Morrison’s efforts to make the Australian War Memorial the nation’s ‘most sacred place’
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Australia’s haunted house
Politics
The Brereton Report has wounded Scott Morrison’s efforts to make the Australian War Memorial the nation’s ‘most sacred place’
Moment of Truth
Politics
Australia is on the brink of momentous change, but only if we can face up to the past – a Quarterly Essay extract
Scott Morrison’s quiet Australians
Politics
Just how silent does the PM want Australians to be?
Success dogged him
Culture
Judith Brett’s ‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ is a skilful portrait of Australia’s second prime minister
The character business
Culture
What does the deluge of political biography and memoir say about politicians and readers?
‘Unnecessary Wars’ by Henry Reynolds
Culture
NewSouth Publishing; $29.99
Citizenship and its discontents
Politics
Talk of stripping citizenship is just one example of Tony Abbott’s alarmist rhetoric
‘Australian History in 7 Questions’ by John Hirst
Australian history
Black Inc.; $24.99
Blackfellas’ Point: One decade later
blog
It is now more than twenty years since I first saw the land that I would later come to know as ‘Blackfellas’ Point’. What began as a retreat from Sydney – a remote ‘bush block’ on the far south coast of New South Wales – is now home to my …
Knights and the old republic
Malcolm Turnbull
Tony Abbott's aggressive monarchism
ASIO surveillance in ‘Persons of Interest’
arts
Documentary series charts the history of Australia’s intelligence-gathering operations
Growing pains
Australian Parliament
The nation’s capital turns 100
Lest We Inflate
World War II
Why do Australians lust for heroic war stories?