When Simon Townsend was a fledgling journalist in his early 20s, he fought fearlessly against the draft and was imprisoned twice for his pacifist beliefs.
- Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle
Historical research into the infrastructure of protest found that many Australians found ‘quieter’ ways to express their opposition to conflict.
We looked at newspaper coverage over 20 years and found 78% of articles portrayed domestic violence as isolated incidents in relationships, rather than a systemic issue.
Australia is spending cast amounts of money commemorating the war dead, but it’s time we took better care of ex-servicepeople who are still living.
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