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Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won't

  • Written by: Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
Foreign policy should play a bigger role in Australian elections. This is why it probably won'tBefore Australia elects a new PM to manage the country's foreign relations, it's vital to have a bigger debate on foreign policy, so voters know how each candidate would lead.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Australians don’t tend to vote on foreign policy in federal elections. This makes perfect sense: there is, for the most part, a tradition of...

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Caroline Fisher on the spin machines of #AusVotes19

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

While the major party leaders seem to have curated their images, University of Canberra assistant professor in communications and media Caroline Fisher says they can’t always control how these could be manipulated.

Fisher says there has been “a real attempt to soften” Scott Morrison as the “daggy dad” through candid...

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What happens now we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII

  • Written by: Emily Jateff, Adjunct lecturer in archaeology, Flinders University
What happens now we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWIIA bathymetric map showing SS Iron Crown on the sea floor.CSIRO, Author provided

Finding shipwrecks isn’t easy – it’s a combination of survivor reports, excellent archival research, a highly skilled team, top equipment and some good old-fashioned luck.

And that’s just what happened with the recent discovery of SS Iron Crown,...

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Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war

  • Written by: Jim McKay, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Warning: This story contains images of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are deceased.

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who served with Australian forces in the first world war is estimated to be in the range of 1,000-1,200. But the precise figure will never be known, because a number of those who served changed...

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