In 1922-23, Billy Hughes’ Nationalist Party brokered a deal with the Country Party to form government - but only on condition Hughes was no longer prime minister. It’s possible this could play out again.
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It’s time the Australians who voiced vociferous opposition to war in general and conscription in particular were commemorated as an important part of our history.
A little-known incident 100 years ago reminds us that Australia at the time was riven by class, religious and political divisions.
The current system of determining which organisations can receive tax-deductible donations and which cannot is overly complex and ad hoc.
Charges of racism against Labor for querying aspects of the free trade deal with China are a mark of how much Australian attitudes have changed and how adversarial politics fuels hyperbolic attacks.
Protests on Anzac Day, rather than being ‘utterly alien to Australians’, have a long tradition and embody the democratic right to dissent for which the troops fought.
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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