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Something Better, or much worse? An incomplete history of splinter parties in Australian politics

After abandoning the Sisyphean task of improving women's lot in the Liberal Party, Charlotte Mortlock has formed, quite ...
The Conversation

As female independent MPs descend on parliament, they’re fulfilling the dreams of women across history

Australia’s 48th parliament has a record 112 women members. Ten of those women are independents. As they take their seats in the chamber, they’ll be realising the aspirations of some of Australia’s ...

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green on how Farrer’s ‘breakout’ by-election will make history

Early voting is now in full swing for the coming Farrer election on May 9. The by-election is being framed as a temperature check of the right in federal politics, given the rise of One Nation and the ...
The Mandarin

A political history of Australian health policy, part 1: Foundations of a national health policy, 1913-1929

The period between WWI and the advent of the Great Depression saw Australian leaders across parties begin to reposition ...
The Mandarin

A political history of Australian health policy, part 5: Medicare as an Australian value, 1987-2025

With Medicare abolition no longer electorally viable, debates turned to supplementation, limits, delivery, and which party ...
The Conversation

Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him

Former prime minister (and journalist) Tony Abbott has published a political history of Australia. Across 18 well-written chapters, he narrates the nation’s trajectory, starting with the establishment ...