Essays & reportage
19 December 2016
The 1966 equal pay case was a product of the silence at the heart of Indigenous policy, writes one of the lawyers briefed in the case
Essays & reportage
8 December 2016
It wasn’t until 1966 that women in the Australian public service won the right to remain employed after marriage, overcoming resistance even from their own union
Essays & reportage
23 November 2016
When the Coalition won the November 1966 federal election, the Labor Party had no alternative but to modernise
From the archive
11 November 2016
How one of Britain’s greatest directors transferred John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel to the screen
Essays & reportage
28 July 2016
Geoffrey Blainey’s best-known book changed the way we see Australia
From the archive
28 July 2016
We’re still living with the legacy of Labor’s decision to support public funding of non-government schools
Essays & reportage
1 July 2016
He might have been an ardent admirer of the United States, but Harold Holt also brought welcome changes to Australia’s relations with the rest of the world
Essays & reportage
1 July 2016
Changes to the law in June 1966 removed much of the discrimination built into Australia’s migration policy
Essays & reportage
5 April 2016
Why was it Robert Menzies, no longer prime minister, who lay the National Library’s foundation stone?
Essays & reportage
11 February 2016
Australia’s long-awaited transition to decimal currency wasn’t without its problems
