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.
The wreck exposed to the world a sickness within Australia’s treatment of those it deemed undesirable because of the colour of their skin.
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.
A key figure in the party over four decades,Eggleton was thrust into the national spotlight upon the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967.
Fifty-six years after Australians voted to make Aboriginal Australians visible,Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party wants to deny them a voice.
The security arrangements cost millions when a US president visits,but sometimes all the planning comes spectacularly unstuck.
As does a stranger’s tractor.
While polishing those pearly whites before pillage.
Doing the Harold Holt from Exmouth to Malvern.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has indicated an important shift in Australia’s defence posture.
The 1966 election was a landslide win for the Coalition,which won twice as many seats as Labor.