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‘An extremely serious musical comedy’ about Whitlam? Yes. The Dismissal is great fun, witty and sharply observed

The Whitlam government has a mythical status in the Australian popular imagination. While it lasted less than two full terms between December 1972 and November 1975, it has had an outsized cultural presence ever since.

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Man charged with murdering elderly grandfather

Ryo Jay Anan, 27, of Gympie, has been charged with the murder of 87-year-old John Kerr, who was found unconscious near the Noosa beachfront.

AAP

Police urge fatal assault witnesses to come forward

Detectives investigating the death an elderly man have released footage of a pedestrian and three vehicles who might have witnessed an alleged assault.

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Family's witness plea after grandfather's fatal bashing

Two serious assaults in Noosa, one of which left a 87-year-old grandfather dead, are being probed for links.

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Fascinating story behind Edinburgh's 'Canny Man's' and how unofficial name stuck

The Canny Man's is one of Edinburgh's best-loved public houses, famous for its quirky and homely bric-a-brac-filled interior and a former landlord who did not suffer fools gladly - but where did the pub get its name from?

Edinburgh Live

19th century Scottish criminal records including man jailed for 'annoying his mother'

New research from the National Records of Scotland has revealed some of the most bizarre and grisly crimes that people in Scotland were locked up for in the 19th century.

Daily Record

What does a king actually do?

This weekend’s coronation ceremony formally invests the monarch with their regnal powers – but King Charles III has been doing the job since he was proclaimed king in September 2022. So what does a monarch actually do?

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Paul Bongiorno: King Charles’ coronation is a last hurrah for Australian monarchy

Central to the coronation will be the out of sight anointing of the King as God’s chosen, a medieval remnant of the Divine Right of Kings.

The New Daily

Political shortsightedness exposes NZ to roulette of risk

As the 2023 election draws closer, the University of Otago is getting behind the political spin to critically examine the issues facing Aotearoa. Part one argues this election year is an opportune time for parties to display commitment to building long-term thinking into policies and systems.

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Under the hammer: Auction of house at Jesmond draws 91 bids

Developers were among the six registered bidders at the auction.

Newcastle Herald

Chasing ghosts: On the trail of an Ayrshire horse thief as famous chase transformed into book

John Nelson, 76, made national headlines in 2011 when he retraced the remarkable pursuit 200 years previously of a horse thief by his great-great-great-grandfather John Kerr.

Daily Record

'Dominating' and 'intrusive' 5G mast can't be built near school

A council planning officer said the mast would strike a 'discordant and jarring note' along the road

Liverpool Echo

My grandad guarded the Queen at her coronation – 70 years on I'll do same at her funeral

Scottish Seaman Murray Kerr, 20, whose grandfather John Kerr guarded the Queen at her coronation will do the same at her funeral on Monday, seven decades later

Daily Mirror

Beachside Merewether property listed with guide of $2.5m

The property has been owned by the same family since 1956.

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Hollow, cloying veneration greeted the Queen’s death. Now history calls on us to get an Australian head of state

Though Elizabeth II outlasted and undid our republican impulses, it’s astonishing to see the nonstop public piety in operation

The Independent UK

British queen's death rekindles Australian republic debate

Many regarded Australians’ respect and affection for the late Queen Elizabeth II as the biggest obstacle to the country becoming a republic with its own head of state

The Guardian - AU

The Queen and us: Australia’s long relationship with Elizabeth II

Her 1954 visit was the first to Australia by a reigning monarch and while the country has changed, respect for Elizabeth had largely remained

The Guardian - UK

How the Queen’s constitutional role shifted over her reign

All monarchical discretion over the appointment of prime ministers fell away but she continued to exert influence at audiences with them

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Newcastle Herald

The Queen and Prince Philip's Saturday stopover in Newcastle for the Bicentennial in 1988

Queen Elizabeth's 1988 Bicentennial visit remembered

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Sir David Smith, the man who gave the speech that dissolved the Whitlam government, dies aged 89

The man who gave the speech that ended the Whitlam government, Sir David Smith, dies aged 89, a devoted monarchist to the end.

The Canberra Times

Public servant at centre of Whitlam sacking dies

Sir David Smith served with five governors-general

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison’s ‘frightening’ secret ministry trashed democratic conventions

Scott Morrison having himself secretly appointed as health, finance and resources minister is more than weird and bizarre – it is a frightening revelation.

Daily Record

Crossmichael man publishes his first book - more than a decade after the historic trek which inspired it

In 2011, John Nelson retraced the remarkable pursuit of a horse thief made by his great-great-great grandfather 200 years earlier

The Conversation

New, exclusive letters between the queen and Australia's governors-general show the evolution of a relationship of equals

More than a year after the High Court’s decision in the “Palace letters” case, which said the queen’s correspondence with Governor-General Sir John Kerr is not “personal”, more letters have now been made public.

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