Museum of Australian Democracy
While some prime ministers loom large in the public imagination, others are largely forgotten. Why were they so unremarkable- and is that fair?
The insults have becoming increasingly personal, but they don’t always work.
AAP/Lukas Coch
Creating epithets for political opponents has a long history in Australia – and when it works, it can be devastating.
Members of the Australasian Federation Conference, 1890.
Parliamentary Education Office
The now-infamous section 44 of the Australian Constitution was a last-minute change by the authors, drafted in private and accepted out of weariness.