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Gough Whitlam believed John Kerr’s wife played a key role in The Dismissal. Did she?

The Dismissal still looms as Australia’s greatest political crisis, 50 years on. The familiar story centres on four figures. Governor general Sir John Kerr – who, on November 11 1975, sacked prime minister Gough Whitlam. Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader who blocked the budget to force the election he would…

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How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s

The introduction of television in Australia in 1956 coincided with mass post-war immigration, initially from Britain and Europe, and later from Asia, the Americas and Africa. Both played a significant role in forming modern society.

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Gold rush Melbourne and post-war boom: how Australia overcame housing shortages in the past

As part of their federal election campaign, the Coalition announced plans to limit the number of international students able to commence study each year to 240,000, “focused on driving […] housing availability and affordability”.

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Cabinet papers 2004: Howard government worries about drought, house prices and the Iraq War

Selected cabinet records from 2004, released today by the National Archives of Australia, provide insight into the Howard government’s policies domestically, in the region and in the Middle East.

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Bill Hayden's remarkable contribution to public life

Who have been Australia’s most accomplished federal opposition leaders? The conventional answer to this question is Robert Menzies and Gough Whitlam, both renowned for rejuvenating their respective sides of politics and galvanising new constituencies of support.

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'An extraordinary dynamo': Doris Taylor founded Meals on Wheels and helped elect Don Dunstan

When Doris Taylor took possession of a new motorised wheelchair in 1951, she quipped: “Heaven help any bureaucrat who gets in my way now.”

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Harold Holt's secretary remembers what it was like when the former prime minister disappeared

When anti-Vietnam war protesters rocked Harold Holt's car, his secretary Jan Drury had to be pulled through the passenger-side window. That's just one of her memories of working for the prime minister who went for a swim and never returned.

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What First Nations Australians think of King Charles III's coronation

King Charles III's coronation has stirred up mixed emotions among Australians, but what do First Nations people think of the event?

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The Montevideo Maru has been found but the wrecks of other 'hell ships' like the Rakuyo Maru are still missing

The discovery last week of the wreck of the Montevideo Maru has prompted renewed focus on the Japanese prison ships of World War II. Many were sunk by Allied submarines, sending thousands of their comrades to their deaths.

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If still standing, this forgotten Acton cottage would be submerged in water

The story of our beloved National Museum of Australia's site is, ironically, one you don't hear often.

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The 'forgettables': 5 Australian prime ministers you may not know much about

The idea of a “forgotten prime minister” may seem laughable. For Australian historians, it is the governed rather than the governors who need rescuing “from the enormous condescension of posterity” as the English historian E. P. Thompson famously put it.

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Tampa, Bali bombings, 9/11 and the Kyoto Protocol: today's cabinet paper release shows what worried Australia in 2002

Every year, the National Archives of Australia releases the cabinet records from 20 years earlier, and this year’s batch is out today.

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'No regrets' over refugee plan: Vanstone

The Howard government's approach to refugees and asylum seekers in 2002 has been outlined in cabinet papers released by the National Archives of Australia.

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Carl 'Charles' Webb's prisoner-of-war brother bears resemblance to Somerton Man

Researchers have found a photograph of Carl Webb's brother, who died a prisoner of war, and he bears a "reasonable" resemblance to the Somerton Man.

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Independence day: Labor vows to end ABC board-stacking and ministerial interventions

No more captain’s picks or complaint calls about negative stories, communications minister says. Plus: the ‘sixty-three, sixty-four, seventy-five’ Wimbledon match

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Barnaby Joyce says Labor's 2022 primary vote was its lowest since 1910. Is that correct?

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says Labor's primary vote at the 2022 election was its lowest since 1910. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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'The relation between politics and culture is clear and real': how Gough Whitlam centred artists in his 1972 campaign

As we enter the final week of the election campaign with its scrappy debates and breathlessly seized “gotcha” moments, the impact of Gough Whitlam’s electoral reforms can be seen at every stage.

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Archives' spotlight on the other Griffin

It's a well-known surname in Canberra, but the Griffin behind the National Archives of Australia's latest exhibition may not be the one you'd expect.

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