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Truth-telling off the agenda for new LNP government in Queensland
Nov 1, 2024
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We analysed 35,000 Wikipedia entries about Australian places. Some of them sanitise history
Oct 31, 2024
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Defending Country Patron Henry Reynolds on what the King did not say
Oct 30, 2024
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Why it’s time to move beyond truth-telling to Indigenous resurgence
Oct 28, 2024
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Clare Wright’s history of the Bark Petitions is a work of intimate storytelling, written with ‘charismatic authority’
Oct 25, 2024
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The Voice Referendum cannot be the last word on 65,000 years of black and white history
Oct 21, 2024
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Guardian Australia's Paul Daley on Australia's contempt for its veterans - and its commemorative blind spots
Oct 18, 2024
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JSCATSIA inquiry on Truth and Justice Commission Bill: 231 submissions received and public hearings under way
Oct 17, 2024
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Referendum anniversary demands we work harder for First Nations justice
Oct 16, 2024
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David Marr's Killing for Country: review by Defending Country President, Professor Peter Stanley
Oct 14, 2024
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NSW will remove 65,000 years of Aboriginal history from its syllabus. It’s a step backwards for education
Oct 6, 2024
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Frontier Wars at the War Memorial: no reply from Minister Keogh after six months
Oct 5, 2024
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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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