May 2015

When two old foes opened Pandora's box, it unleashed an unlikely reconciliation

In 1972, Department of Aboriginal Affairs chief Barrie Dexter sacked his activist employee Gary Foley and urged Asio to spy on him. More than 40 years on, as Foley edited his old nemesis’ memoir, the pair forged an unlikely bond

William Wentworth had a clear priority when, in February 1968, he became the first federal minister with responsibility for “Aboriginal affairs”.

Toilets.

It is disgusting that Aborigines are defecating all over the Northern Territory

I’ll see you on Saturday mate. Rest up eh? We’ve been waiting a long time for this

Australian War Memorial: the remarkable rise and rise of the nation's secular shrine

Director Brendan Nelson talks about the Gallipoli centenary, being in charge of the world’s 17th most popular landmark and why victims of the frontier wars will have to wait for recognition

Canberra was never meant to have an Australian war memorial.

In 1912 when Walter Griffin and his wife, Marion Mahony Griffin, won the international competition to design the capital of newly federated Australia, their plan included a casino where the monument to this country’s 102,000 war dead now stands instead.

If I can’t have an impact within two years I’ve failed