We spent big to rebuild after WWII,and we must do it again
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We spent big to rebuild after WWII,and we must do it again

The ACTU president outlines the union movement's plan to rescue Australian industry and jobs from COVID-19 and economic depression.

  • byMichele O'Neil

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From the Archives,1945:Parliament farewells PM John Curtin

From the Archives,1945:Parliament farewells PM John Curtin

John Curtin had died,age 60. On a day marked by"universal depth of emotion",the nation bid its wartime leader goodbye.

  • byStaff reporter
Lessons for today's politicians from 75 years ago
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Lessons for today's politicians from 75 years ago

Seventy-five years after John Curtin died,what lessons does his life have for today’s troubled politics?

  • byLiam Byrne
Prime Minister caught in a grim cycle of catch-up

Prime Minister caught in a grim cycle of catch-up

There is one sacrifice the government could make that would defuse the cash-flow time bomb about to go off in our struggling economy.

  • byGeorge Megalogenis
Pandemic strangles Parliament in a way even war couldn't manage

Pandemic strangles Parliament in a way even war couldn't manage

COVID-19 outstrips even war as the Australian Parliament prepares for"social distancing".

  • byTony Wright
Where are history's great political partnerships?

Where are history's great political partnerships?

Haughty,aloof,ambitious,selfish,suspicious:why can't our leaders work in teams?

  • byMark Thomas