Harold Holt got a pool,Curtin a pub. What does Morrison deserve for a memorial?

Harold Holt got a pool,Curtin a pub. What does Morrison deserve for a memorial?

Australia has a rich tradition of remembering former prime ministers in inappropriate ways. We choose monuments that sit strangely at odds with the person they commemorate. For Scott Morrison,frankly,there are too many options.

  • byMichael McGirr

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How Alfred Deakin used a shipwreck to lay bare the White Australia policy and win an election
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Immigration

How Alfred Deakin used a shipwreck to lay bare the White Australia policy and win an election

The wreck exposed to the world a sickness within Australia’s treatment of those it deemed undesirable because of the colour of their skin.

  • byTony Wright
‘Profound and personal’:A witness to political trauma and farce

‘Profound and personal’:A witness to political trauma and farce

Whether it was with drunk,missing or newly coined prime ministers,Tony Eggleton,who died on Saturday,played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.

  • byNiki Savva
Liberals mourn ‘champion’ federal director Tony Eggleton

Liberals mourn ‘champion’ federal director Tony Eggleton

A key figure in the party over four decades,Eggleton was thrust into the national spotlight upon the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967.

  • byDavid Crowe
In 1967,black Australians became visible. Today,will they be heard?

In 1967,black Australians became visible. Today,will they be heard?

Fifty-six years after Australians voted to make Aboriginal Australians visible,Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party wants to deny them a voice.

  • byTony Wright
When a visiting US president got drunk as a skunk at The Lodge

When a visiting US president got drunk as a skunk at The Lodge

The security arrangements cost millions when a US president visits,but sometimes all the planning comes spectacularly unstuck.

  • byTony Wright
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Albo’s got your number
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Albo’s got your number

As does a stranger’s tractor.

A fare go at the ballot box
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Column 8

A fare go at the ballot box

While polishing those pearly whites before pillage.

Periscope up for polling day
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Column 8

Periscope up for polling day

Doing the Harold Holt from Exmouth to Malvern.

Defend Australia first:why John Curtin might salute Peter Dutton
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Defence

Defend Australia first:why John Curtin might salute Peter Dutton

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has indicated an important shift in Australia’s defence posture.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
From the Archives,1966:Holt sweeps back

From the Archives,1966:Holt sweeps back

The 1966 election was a landslide win for the Coalition,which won twice as many seats as Labor.