Afternoon Light
By Robert Menzies Institute
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Welcome to the Afternoon Light Podcast, a captivating journey into the heart of Australia’s political history and enduring values. Presented by the Robert Menzies Institute, a prime ministerial library and museum, this podcast illuminates the remarkable legacy of Sir Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest-serving prime minister.
Dive into the rich tapestry of Menzies’s contemporary impact as we explore his profound contributions on the Afternoon Light Podcast. Join us as we delve into his unyielding commitment to equality, boundless opportunity, and unwavering entrepreneurial spirit. Our engaging discussions bring to life the relevance of Menzies’s values in today’s world, inspiring us to uphold his principles for a brighter future.
Ready to embark on this enlightening journey? Experience the Afternoon Light Podcast now! Tune in to explore the past, engage with the present, and shape a better tomorrow by learning from the visionary leadership of Sir Robert Menzies.
Stay connected by signing up on the Robert Menzies Institute website: https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/. Have an opinion? Email your comments to: info@robertmenziesinstitute.org.au.
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Senator James Paterson on National Unity & Sovereignty | "We nearly had a very serious domestic crisis"
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May 15, 2024 |
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Paul Tilley on the History of Australian Tax Reform | "Broaden the base and lower the rates"
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May 08, 2024 |
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Brian O'Malley on James 'King O'Malley' Malley | Larrikin, Maverick, and "Accused Murderer"
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May 01, 2024 |
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Thea Gardiner, ‘Her main duty in life was to give back’ The Mab Grimwade Story
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Saul Eslake, ‘A distinctive part of life in Australia’ The Declining Dream of Homeownership
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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David W. Cameron, ‘We punched well above our weight’ Australians in the Battle of Kapyong, Korea
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Peter Brune, ‘Totally Bipartisan’ How post-war immigration transformed Australia
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Stephen Dando-Collins, ‘He was Unrelenting’ The Astonishing Life of Sir Henry Parkes
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Lauren Samuelsson, ‘We don’t have a cuisine, but we do have a food culture’ The history of what Aussies eat
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Peter Job, ‘Shrewdly Compromised’ Australia’s Brutal Sell-out of East Timor
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Jennifer Clark, ‘There’s Sputnik, what’s your answer?’ Revolutionising Australian science education
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Ross McMullin, ‘Yes Mr. Watson’ Our First Labor PM
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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William Coleman, ‘Australia’s Sham Federation’ The flawed process which produced our Commonwealth
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Frank Bongiorno, ‘A vision of the good society’ The Dreamers & Schemers of Australian political history
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Ryan Cropp, ‘The world that he was renouncing’ Donald Horne & the Lucky Country
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Summer Series 2023-4 Part 6: Stephen Wilks, Lyndon Megarrity & Gregory Melleuish
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Summer Series 2023-4 Part 5: David Furse-Roberts, Damien Freeman, Andrew Bragg & Julian Leeser
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Summer Series 2023-4 Part 4: Andrew Norton, Ted Ling & Michael de Percy
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Summer Series 2023-4 Part 3: Bob Bowker, Sean Jacobs & Elizabeth Buchanan
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Summer Series 2023-4 Part 2: David Lee, Selwyn Cornish, & Paul Brown
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Summer Series 2023-4 Part 1: Paul Kelly, Anne Henderson, & Paul Strangio
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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David Clune, ‘Offered the people economic rainbows’ Jack Lang
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Ross Walker, ‘But you’re Prime Minister Harold’ Holt before Cheviot
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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James Franklin, ‘A heterogeneous society’ Arthur Calwell’s impact on Australia
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Robert Porter, ‘Making a contribution to Australia’s National Development’ Rio Tinto in Australia
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Dashiel Lawrence, ‘A profound connection’ A historical perspective of Australia-Israel Relations
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Brett Mason, ‘Like a spider in a web’ The Aussie who rescued JFK
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Anne Henderson, ‘A Shakespearean play’ Menzies vs Evatt
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Peter Sekuless, ‘The Crowning Glory of her career’ Dame Annabelle Rankin
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Jane Hume, ‘A stake in Australia’ The Homeownership Dilemma
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Fraser Nelson, ‘A thrillingly unpredictable time’ The state of centre-right politics across the Anglosphere
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Michael Wesley, ‘An extraordinary amount of passion’ The Place of Universities in Australian Life
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Troy Bramston, ‘Continues to loom large’ Menzies’s Art of Politics
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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William Stoltz, ‘Unyielding Truths’ Confronting Australia’s strategic dilemmas armed with the past
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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David Stevens, ‘What should you stand for?’ The Future of Australian Liberalism
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Jim Walter, ‘Stay on message’ The Evolving Office of the Prime Minister
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Karl Schmude, ‘Transcended his time’ G.K. Chesterton
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Allan Pidgeon, ‘Part of National Folklore’ The Story of the Australian Flag
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Nyunggai Warren Mundine, ‘Only part of their story’ The Journey of Indigenous Australians from Menzies to the Voice
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Ted Ling, ‘I Became An Apostle’ Menzies’s Mission to Develop Canberra
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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John Hawkins, ‘Prepared in a time of peace’ Menzies as Treasurer
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Harry Stutchbury, ‘We know it empirically’ Markets and Prosperity
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Stephen Chavura, ‘Not the Established Religion, but part of the Establishment’ Faith and Secularism in Australia
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Tony Abbott, ‘Above All Else Patriots’ Battling for Australian Liberalism
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Malcolm Turnbull, ‘You’ve got to recognise some political realities’ Liberal Leadership
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Andrew Norton, ‘The utilitarian aspect has dominated’ Australia’s Universities
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Zachary Gorman, ‘This Empowerment Philosophy’ Sir Joseph Cook
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Gary Humphries, ‘A City of Carpetbaggers’ Canberra’s Political Development
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Joshua Black, ‘Scandals or Spectacles’ Australian Political Memoir
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Michael de Percy, ‘Developing our own capability’ Australia’s Nuclear Journey
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Gerard Henderson, ‘Bob was a bit like that’ B.A. Santamaria
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May 30, 2023 |
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Brendan Nelson, ‘You have to give people incentives’ A journey to liberalism
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May 24, 2023 |
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Scott Morrison, ‘We are political tradies… we fix the stuff that needs fixing’ Liberal Governance
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May 17, 2023 |
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David Bird, ‘A parish pump politician from the potato plots of Tasmania’ Joseph Lyons
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May 10, 2023 |
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Keith Wolahan, ‘Living in a nation that’s worth fighting for’ The Korean War & the ANZAC Legacy
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May 03, 2023 |
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Alexander Downer, ‘A Progressive Conservative’ Being a Liberal Leader
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Ebony Nilsson, ‘It Will Be Classified’ The Remarkable Story of Bill Marshall & ASIO’s Operatives in Australia
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Bridget Griffen-Foley, ‘The Names are Familiar’ Menzies and the Media
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Jeremy Hearder, ‘People just listened to him’ The Esteemed Career of Diplomat James Plimsoll
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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James Cotton, ‘UN 1.0’ Australia at the League of Nations
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Chris Wallace, ‘Biography as political intervention’ Prime Ministerial Biographers
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Nick Richardson, ‘Look out with a bit more confidence’ 1956 as a watershed moment in Australia
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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John Howard, ‘The Greatest Political Contributor to Modern Australia’ Howard on Menzies
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Zachary Gorman, ‘Australia’s oldest political tradition’ The founding of the Liberal Party as an expression of Australian liberalism
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Daniel Hannan, ‘A short term cost for long term gains’ Brexit and the state of UK politics
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Frank Yuan, ‘Haunted with the statues of mediocrities’ Menzies’s views on America
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Richard Pomfret, ‘The Age of Equality’ The 20th century as a contest of economic systems
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Summer Series 2022-3 Part 6: David Furse-Roberts & Lyndon Megarrity
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Summer Series 2022-3 Part 5: William Stoltz & David Lee
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Summer Series 2022-3 Part 4: Lucas McLennan & Lorraine Finlay
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Summer Series 2022-3 Part 3: Tom Switzer, Andrew Blyth, & Christopher Beer
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Summer Series 2022-3 Part 2: Troy Bramston & Charles Richardson
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Summer Series 2022-3 Part 1: George Brandis, Nicolle Flint, & Anne Henderson
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Dean Kotlowski, ‘Not going to disappear’ Comparing American & Australian Indigenous Policy
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Stephen Wilks, ‘This extraordinary synthesis of ideas for the Australian nation’ Earle Page
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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William Cook, ‘The sheer size of it’ Menzies’s Marvelous Book Collection
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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David Lee, ‘I don’t vote for them, but I’ll vote for John Curtin’ Labor’s Wartime Leader
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Meg Gurry, ‘Australia has always been strategically inconsequential’ The Development of the India-Australia Relationship
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Elizabeth Tynan, ‘They Had No Business Making Those Assurances’ British Nuclear Tests in Australia
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Bain Attwood, ‘A sense of kin’ The Life of William Cooper
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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James Curran, ‘A certain amount of forgetting’ The Australia-China Relationship from Menzies Onward
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Jonathan Pincus, ‘Two Very Different Visions’ Menzies’s Long Boom
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Lord Jonathan Sumption, ‘An enormous font of vicarious experience’
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Clement Macintyre, ‘First, Second, Third Priority was South Australia’ Thomas Playford & South Australian Exceptionalism
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Christy Collis, ‘Truly Terra Nullius’ Australia’s Antarctic Claims
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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David Lowe ‘Less of a Plan than an Umbrella’ Examining Colombo & its Legacy
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Mark Edele, ‘The history of their family, the history of their community’ Early Cold War Migration & its Impact on Australia
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Re-Release: Jane Connors, ‘Because She Was Here’ The 1954 Royal Tour
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Zachary Gorman, ‘A story of mythology coming true’ Magna Carta and its impact on Australia
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Paul Williams, ‘Australian to the Bootheels’ Unpacking the John Gorton Experiment
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Jeff Wilson, ‘A period of radical change and bravery on behalf of Australia’ Analysing today’s dilemmas through the lens of the Menzies Era
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Andrew Carr, ‘A certain amount of public work’ Menzies as a Civic Republican
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Greg Melleuish & Zachary Gorman, ‘A big step in Australia becoming a plural society’ The Goulburn Catholic School Strike and the State Aid Dilemma
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Nick Dyrenfurth, ‘This amorphous concept’ An Australian Understanding of Citizenship
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Wayne Reynolds, ‘We have this deterrent’ Australia’s Nuclear Ambition
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Patrick Mullins, ‘A question that had to be asked and answered’ How did Billy McMahon reach the top of Australian politics?
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Heather Henderson, ‘He took a great interest in a lot of young ones’ Memories of My Father
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Tom Frame, ‘An Orderly and Seamless Transition of Power’ The Life and Achievements of Harold Holt
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Bridget Brooklyn, ‘A Tendency to See This As Monolithic’ Unpacking the 1954 Election
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Peter Drysdale: ‘A Radical Idea’ Personal Reflections on the Australia-Japan Relationship
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Gray Connolly: ‘A Very Strong Communitarian Element’ Exploring Australian Conservatism
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Alexander Downer: ‘A Sense of History’ Political Leadership in a Troubled World
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Troy Bramston: ‘That Sense of Stature About Them’ Comparing Menzies and Hawke
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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William Stoltz: ‘Its work was so sensitive that Parliament shouldn’t be briefed on it’ ASIS at 70
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May 25, 2022 |
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Darius von Güttner: ‘Reaching Out to the Past and Choosing What They Want to Be’ The Ukraine Conflict and the Importance of History
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May 18, 2022 |
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James Paterson: ‘A Dramatic Wake Up Call’ Navigating Contemporary Geopolitical Threats
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May 11, 2022 |
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Peter Edwards: ‘One of the Greatest Examples of Australian Statecraft’ Australia’s Military Commitments Under Menzies
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May 04, 2022 |
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Peter Kurti: ‘Raging Against the Past’ The Problem with Historical Cancellation
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Thomas Wilkins: ‘Upholding a Rules-Based Order’ Australia-Japan Relations
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ian McAllister: ‘What Hasn’t Changed?’ The Evolution of Australian Elections since the Menzies Era
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Paul Morrissey: ‘Educating the Whole Person’ The Enduring Importance of a Liberal Approach to Education
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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David Kemp and Nick Cater: ‘Liberalism and the belief of the individual person as the way to civil politics’ The Robert Menzies Institute Exhibition
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Joy Damousi: ‘Compulsion, Censorship & the Price of Freedom’ How WW1’s Conscription Debate was Fought Out at the University of Melbourne
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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James Brown: ‘An Ideal Partner’ Australia’s Space Industry
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Keith Mason: ‘A Spectacular Series of Failures’ The Egon Kisch Affair
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Sybil Nolan: ‘His Whole Prospects were Formed Out of Study’ Discovery in the Menzies Collection
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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William Sanders: ‘A Progressive Inclusive & a Group Conservative’ Indigenous Policy Under the Menzies Government
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Selwyn Cornish: ‘A Living Organism’ The History of the Reserve Bank of Australia
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Martyn Lyons: ‘They Certainly Felt Empowered’ Writing Letters to Menzies
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Jane Connors, ‘Because She Was Here’ The 1954 Royal Tour
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Scott Prasser ‘The Learning Leader’ and Nick Cater ‘Forgotten People to Quiet Australians’
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Anne Henderson: ‘Preparation for War, the Trade Union Movement and Appeasement’ and Frank Bongiorno: ‘Curtin and Menzies’
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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David Furse-Roberts ‘A Simple Presbyterian in Politics: Robert Menzies, Liberalism and Anti-Sectarianism’
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Gregory Melleuish: ‘The Idea of Education According to the Young Menzies, 1916-1945’ and Judith Brett: ‘Menzies’s Debt to Deakinite Liberalism’
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Justice James Edelman: ‘Menzies and the Law’
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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David Kemp ‘Menzies: Time for a Reappraisal?’ and Troy Bramston ‘Young Robert’
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Gideon Haigh: ‘The Brilliant Boy’ Remembering the Achievements of Dr H.V. Evatt
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Barry Jones: ‘A Strong Acquaintance’ Personal Reflections on Menzies and the Menzies Era
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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James Waghorne: ‘A Light on the Hill & A Place of Truth’ Menzies’s University Days
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Anne Henderson: ‘Given the Opportunity, She Took It’, The Remarkable Career of Margaret Guilfoyle
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Ben Wilkie: ‘A Scottish Chauvinist’ The Scots Influence on Robert Menzies’s Worldview
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Warren Mundine: ‘An Enormous Foundation for Things to Happen’ Indigenous Policy under the Menzies Government
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Scott Prasser: ‘The Institution of Last Resort’ Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries Under Menzies
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Bob Bowker: ‘The Decline of an Empire to which Australians Largely Wished Still to Belong’ Menzies and the Suez Crisis
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Tim Costello: ‘You are Blessed to be a Blessing’ Menzies’s Sense of Duty to Australia’s Neighbours
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Stephen Chavura: ‘Britishness Meant… a Love of Liberty Tempered by an Emphasis on Duty’, Examining Menzies’s Political Beliefs in Context
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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David Furse-Roberts: ‘Divine Order in a Distracted Human World’, The Religious Underpinnings of Menzies’s Politics
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Margaret Fitzherbert: ‘So Many Firsts’, The History of Australia’s Liberal Women
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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George Williams: ‘More Important Than A Half Dozen General Elections?’, The Communist Referendum
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Henry Ergas: ‘The Wealth of the Nation’, Menzies’s Economic Legacy
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Sean Jacobs: ‘Compromise over Confrontation’, the Story of Neville Bonner
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Stephen Loosley AM on ANZUS: its past, present and future
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Professor Timothy Lynch: the Geopolitics of ANZUS
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Dr Brendan Nelson AO: ANZUS at 70
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Introducing Afternoon Light
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Aug 18, 2021 |