All our war veterans,living or long gone,deserve their stories told in one memorial

All our war veterans,living or long gone,deserve their stories told in one memorial

In defence of the Australian War Memorial's expansion plans,claims that memorials for modern operations could go to a storage facility off-site do no credit to service people who put their lives on the line.

  • bySharon Bown

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Don't mention the war:Why Canberra suppresses the story of East Timor

Don't mention the war:Why Canberra suppresses the story of East Timor

Political concerns have always been put above academic considerations when it comes to Australia's official war histories.

  • byMichael Koziol
Power and Paranoia:Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders

Power and Paranoia:Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders

The Chinese government’s covert operations in Australia are considerable. Can Australia push back without economic consequences?

  • byPeter Hartcher
War Memorial overreach:spending $500m and they'll demolish Anzac Hall

War Memorial overreach:spending $500m and they'll demolish Anzac Hall

The Australian War Memorial's ambitious expansion plans should be halted and independently reviewed,writes its former director.

  • bySteve Gower
Alexander Downer:'I've got nothing to hide on East Timor'

Alexander Downer:'I've got nothing to hide on East Timor'

Australia's longest-serving foreign minister has urged his former department and its leader,Marise Payne,to release the full and uncensored version of an official history of Australia's peacekeeping operations in East Timor.

  • byMichael Koziol
'Beyond the pale':Official history of Australia's East Timor operations on ice amid censorship claims
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'Beyond the pale':Official history of Australia's East Timor operations on ice amid censorship claims

A legacy project of former prime minister Tony Abbott is in danger of collapse amid claims that bureaucrats are trying to censor its first volume.

  • byMichael Koziol
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Tony Abbott appointed to board of Australian War Memorial

Tony Abbott appointed to board of Australian War Memorial

The former prime minister has been given his first official appointment since his political career ended at the May 18 election.

  • byRob Harris
Shining the spotlight:Why we reported that Ben Roberts-Smith was under investigation

Shining the spotlight:Why we reported that Ben Roberts-Smith was under investigation

Many people question why we reported the military and police investigations into a war hero. We were prejudicing an inquiry,ignoring the fog of war,making our soldiers soft,they said. This is why we did it.

  • byCarrie McDougall andMichael Bachelard
Brendan Nelson steps down as director of the Australian War Memorial

Brendan Nelson steps down as director of the Australian War Memorial

Brendan Nelson's departure from the role he has held for seven years paves the way for a new director to oversee the memorial's near $500 million expansion.

  • byAndrew Brown andKatie Burgess
Tony Abbott poised to fill vacancy on Australian War Memorial board

Tony Abbott poised to fill vacancy on Australian War Memorial board

Former prime minister Tony Abbott is poised to make a return to public life on the influential board of the Australian War Memorial.

  • byRob Harris
Prominent Australians call for stop to War Memorial expansion

Prominent Australians call for stop to War Memorial expansion

A letter signed by some of Australia's most respected writers,historians,former leaders and ex-public servants rejects the $498 million project.

  • byDoug Dingwall