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Books & arts How unfair was the Versailles peace treaty? Michael Mckernan 18 April 2017 Books | A new history turns the conventional view on its head From the archive Waking up a quiet country Jane Goodall 13 April 2017 Despite “the worst opening night of any show I can remember,” This Day Tonight transformed Australian TV current affairs Essays & reportage Australia’s Armenian story Vicken Babkenian and Judith Crispin 6 April 2017 Extract | The wartime events of 24 April 1915 initiated more than a century of interaction reaching across the globe International Back to Bikini, forward to disarmament Nic Maclellan 27 March 2017 As governments begin negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the Marshall Islands is still seeking justice for years of cold war testing

National affairs The long Liberal split Norman Abjorensen 8 February 2017 This week’s events underline the fact that Liberals are still struggling with the question of how they can be more than simply an anti-Labor party Essays & reportage The fabrication of Aboriginal voting Brian Galligan 22 December 2016 Keith Windschuttle has assembled a highly selective case against recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution Essays & reportage Where were the Aborigines? Hal Wootten 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 National affairs The “information war” hits Sydney Tessa Morris-Suzuki 16 December 2016 Controversy over a statue in the city’s inner west has deep historical roots

Books & arts A danger to democracy and liberty? David Clune 10 November 2016 Books | A new account of the 1916 and 1917 conscription debates looks beyond the factional struggles that tore Labor apart Books & arts Enemies old and new Brian Toohey 2 November 2016 Books | The latest volume of the official ASIO history reveals tensions with successive governments, but still no firm evidence that Soviet agents operated within its ranks Books & arts Passion play at Kardinia Park Brett Evans 26 October 2016 Books | James Button’s tale of a football club made good has all the elements of classical drama National affairs The price of secrecy Brian Toohey 4 October 2016 A new account of Britain’s nuclear tests in Australia reveals a long history of damaging suppression