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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time

At the end of the 1960s, there was every expectation the Great Barrier Reef would be drilled for oil.

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The new leader of the Greens sits in the Senate. Why is that so unusual in Australian politics?

The 2025 federal election resulted in some unexpected outcomes, including the loss by the Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, of his seat in the House of Representatives. The new Greens leader is Senator Larissa Waters.

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Harold Holt is a meme today, but when the prime minister went missing in December 1967, it was no laughing matter

At some point, Australians stopped grieving Harold Holt’s death and many started to laugh about it instead. The sudden disappearance of a prime minister at a Victorian beach in December 1967 has furnished many wisecracks and memes. Former Cronulla Sharks coach Jack Gibson famously said that waiting for the team…

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Labor’s first female frontbencher and feminist trailblazer immortalised in Canberra statue

Susan Ryan found it ‘intolerable’ that women were not treated equally, introducing world-leading legislation on sexual harassment

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Peter Dutton has promised to solve our energy problems – but his nuclear policy still leaves Australians in the dark

In 1971 on a family holiday, my father drove us to look at a huge concrete slab at Jervis Bay, on the South Coast of New South Wales. Still visible today, it was the foundation for what would have been Australia’s first nuclear power plant.

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Everyday Canberrans celebrated in King's Birthday honours list

'When I was young, I had a probation officer'.

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Storm clouds ahead: scandals that have rocked Australian politics

Australians could be forgiven for feeling weary of political scandals. The litany of them at the federal level in recent years has been fatiguing: Robodebt, allegations of rape and sexual harassment in Parliament House, former prime minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministries, sports rorts, ministerial affairs and bonk bans, and plenty…

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A flick of this switch changed the way the world saw moon walk

It was one small switch for 'Video Von', one huge save for mankind.

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Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics. Few outside the federal Coalition, at any rate. His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past. Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on…

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Panawathi Girl review - hippies, pollies and cowboys converge in Perth’s joyous new musical

Written by David Milroy, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company’s ‘big Black musical’ is a deceptively jolly take on Australia’s dark past

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