We Should Be So Lucky is a missed opportunity to analyse the contradictory effects of the neoliberal revolution – and its challenge to founding Australian ideals.
- Professorial Fellow in History, The University of Melbourne
In Dreamers and Schemers, the activities of male political elites take precedence over other social movements.
Joan Beaumont’s latest book offers a deeply conservative reading of a pivotal moment in Australian history.
A biography about suffragist Vida Goldstein seeks to reveal her strength and endurance. Sadly, it also reveals how little progress women who seek political power on their terms have made.
Welcome to the fifth of The Conversation’s Election 2013 podcasts. Each week The Conversation will be sitting down with Australia’s top political minds to discuss all things election as we gear up for…
Australia now officially recognises two special days to commemorate our national history of being at war but neither of them is Sorry Day. The Australian history of engagement in war is primarily honoured…
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