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Abbott has little experience on trade but he packs a symbolic punch.
The Commonwealth's 'golden age' wasn't entirely dazzling.
The interim report of Victoria's mental health royal commission makes some worthwhile recommendations. But if we want to see broad-reaching system change, the state can't do it alone.
The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.
Bishop Huddleston's criticism of Enoch Powell's incendiary "Rivers of blood" speech was both a history lesson and a call to action against racism.
Of the 72 countries that still criminalise gay sex today, at least 38 of them were once subject to British colonialism.
When considering this question, we need to distinguish between the pomposities of monarchies and the purpose they serve as checks on untrammelled authoritarianism.
People from the Windrush generation have been told recently that they do not belong in Britain, but they are no strangers to feelings of unbelonging, which feature strongly in their stories of early life in Britain.
The Queen has been central to the achievements of the Commonwealth. Her son can do the same, if he stops being quite so petulant about it.
The international partnership offers new trade opportunities for the UK but some of its members also stand to lose out as a result of leaving the EU.
The main winner of Commonwealth Games 2018 is ... the City of Gold Coast.
Why the Commonwealth trade advantage isn't all that strong.
The Commonwealth Games do not get the same level of media coverage as the Olympics. But a one-time Commonwealth gold medallist says the Games are still an important athletic competition.
As the Commonwealth Games get underway on the Gold Coast, what actually is the Commonwealth and is it still relevant?
Without a clear full stop there can be no certainty that the unravelling of the British Empire has ended even now.
Leaving the EU single market and customs union cannot be compensated for by free trade agreements with other countries.
CBA's risk management strategy clearly states that responsibility rests with the board of the bank for any wrongdoing.
The continued embargo on documents relating to the dismissal of the Whitlam government point to the lingering imperial power that comes from an incomplete severance of colonial ties.
We are so accustomed to hearing about American exceptionalism that British exceptionalism is rarely discussed.
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Reader, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study
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Senior Lecturer, History, University of Aberdeen
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Laureate Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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Professor, Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor in School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania
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Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
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Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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