What were the Australian Wars and why is hist...

One of the peculiarities of Australian politics is the loud fuss over the annual presentation of the draft budget for the coming financial year. Even in the days before the Treasurer's budget speech in Parliament, there is wild speculation in all newspapers and on all channels ab ...  Show more

NDIS-Kürzungen bis 2030 / Budget setzt stark auf Fachkräfte-Migration / Wohnreformen sollen jungen Käufern helfen, Wirkung wird aber bezweifelt / NSW kritisiert geringere Infrastrukturmittel im Bundesbudget / Australien investiert 335 Millionen Dollar in Klimaschutz im Pazifik / ...  Show more

How does a country go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to all-out war in just one year? That's the question surrounding Ethiopia, which has become embroiled in one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century. The U.S. has called it an ethnic cleansing campaign against ...  Show more

The Imperial Commonwealth: Australia and the Project of Empire, 1867-1914 (Manchester University Press, 2023) by Dr. Wm. Matthew Kennedy tells the story of how from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, Australian settler colonists mobilised their unique settler experiences to devel ...  Show more

Australian national ‘identity’ has long been contested, as has the narrative of the foundation of Australia. What does the history of Australian literature and theatre tell us about who we are, and how we have changed? Are we now ready to put the history and culture ‘wars’ behind ...  Show more

Looting has been a part of warfare since the earliest times. Despite the fact that looting was common for much of history, it was always recognized as an especially harmful and humiliating by-product of armed conflict. By the late 19th century, the looting of sacred objects and c ...  Show more