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Did Four Corners offer a new direction for a War Memorial that has lost its way?
Mar 18, 2025
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The Australian War Memorial needs to be removed from the influence of international arms companies
Mar 17, 2025
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Fear should not drive our Australian feet: Julianne Schultz writes
Mar 14, 2025
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Four Corners takes deep dive into War Memorial's links to gunrunners
Mar 10, 2025
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WEH Stanner and 'the great Australian silence': recent new material
Mar 4, 2025
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There's more to Truth-telling than Truth-telling: Parliamentary Committee Inquiry
Mar 3, 2025
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More submissions and evidence to Yoorrook Justice Commission, Victoria
Feb 27, 2025
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LOWITJA – A Life of Leadership and Legacy: Adelaide Exhibition coming in June
Feb 25, 2025
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Reading the Australian Wars tea-leaves at the War Memorial: we shouldn't have to do this!
Feb 18, 2025
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Repost: Australian 'fair go' demands that we close the Commemoration Gap
Feb 14, 2025
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Dishonouring the missing: thoughts provoked by new entrance to War Memorial
Feb 11, 2025
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Remembering Lyndall Ryan: repost of her review of Stephen Gapps' The Sydney Wars
Feb 6, 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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