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Truth on Terra Bulla Artist Camp Community Day: Truth-telling in Quandamooka country
May 11, 2025
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Kate Grenville's questions about our 5000 war memorials
May 6, 2025
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RSL stands up for Welcome ceremonies while Dutton ducks and shifts
May 1, 2025
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Professor Peter Stanley on Anzac for the Academy of the Humanities
Apr 25, 2025
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8 years ago, Yassmin Abdel-Magied was monstered for saying 'Lest We Forget': have things improved?
Apr 24, 2025
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The great election silence
Apr 22, 2025
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Nation, memory and myth: a new view of the old Gallipoli story
Apr 22, 2025
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When Charles met Effie: Peter Stanley's radio play on Canberra ArtSound FM on Anzac Day
Apr 21, 2025
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Four Corners fallout (II): FOI nuggets, including a passionate speech from Director Anderson
Apr 17, 2025
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Four Corners fallout (I): ABC Ombudsman boots the War Memorial into touch
Apr 17, 2025
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The Anzac Legend viewed from a different angle - but it isn't an easy read
Apr 16, 2025
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Australia is more than Anzac - and always has been: from The Honest History Book (2017)
Apr 14, 2025
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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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