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Welcome to Country explained by Reconciliation Australia

May 1, 2026
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Defending Country Patrons and Supporter feature at Sydney Writers Festival

Apr 29, 2026
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Equality in war commemoration can help defeat racism: Defending Country submission to parliamentary inquiry

Apr 27, 2026
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Does Australia's culture of remembrance need updating? Peter Stanley on ABC LNL

Apr 24, 2026
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'Baby steps' really doesn't cut it: recent Anzac media coverage

Apr 21, 2026
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ANZAC SERIES: Nine years ago, Yassmin Abdel-Magied was monstered for saying 'Lest We Forget': have things improved?

Apr 21, 2026
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ANZAC SERIES: Reading Ken Inglis

Apr 20, 2026
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ANZAC SERIES: Red poppies and bare ground: why do we discriminate among our war dead?

Apr 20, 2026
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ANZAC SERIES: Professor Peter Stanley on the future of Anzac (for the Academy of the Humanities)

Apr 16, 2026
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Anzac: the challenges of challenging a national mythology

Apr 15, 2026
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ANZAC SERIES: Why should blackfellers be moved by 'sacred' Anzac cliche?

Apr 14, 2026
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ANZAC SERIES: Anzac Day at Wallendbeen 2014

Apr 9, 2026
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The Australian War Memorial must properly recognise and commemorate the Australian Frontier Wars as an essential part of Truth-telling and as a first step to reframing Australian national commemoration.

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