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POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

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Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

We’re gonna party like it’s 1988!

We’re gonna party like it’s 1988!

How the move to Australian Parliament House was celebrated.

Seven prime ministers who migrated to Australia

Seven prime ministers who migrated to Australia

Political participation does not require being born in Australia.

On This Day: a plot to kill Harold Holt?

On This Day: a plot to kill Harold Holt?

How the police intercepted a threat against the Prime Minister.

Young people and the right to vote: Some exceptions to the rule

Young people and the right to vote: Some exceptions to the rule

How voting rights have changed in Australia.

On a Knife-Edge: Six other times Australia’s elections were down to the wire

On a Knife-Edge: Six other times Australia’s elections were down to the wire