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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

How are party leaders chosen?

How are party leaders chosen?

The way parties choose their leaders is a critical part of the parliamentary system, with basic principles.

Referenda and plebiscites – what's the difference?

Referenda and plebiscites – what's the difference?

How a referendum compares to a plebiscite.

Butting out a ciggie in Old Parliament House

Butting out a ciggie in Old Parliament House

How smokers 'did the right thing' at Old Parliament House.

The history of facial hair and politics

The history of facial hair and politics

From the portraits of our first Prime Ministers, it is apparent than personal grooming has changed remarkably.

Vale the Hon. Tom Uren AC

Vale the Hon. Tom Uren AC