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Aretha Brown, a young woman, holds a banner at a protest rally with a fist raised in the air.

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Stories

Black and white image of the front of Old Parliament House with a crowd of people of gathered at the foot of the stairs. The building is white with columns and an Australian flag flies at the top.

Collection

Collection

A close up of a rainbow flag covered in signatures.

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

The strange provenance of the Fairfax collection

The strange provenance of the Fairfax collection

Why researching the origins of information matters.

Only human – disability in Australian politics (part 1: human leaders)

Only human – disability in Australian politics (part 1: human leaders)

Disability and Australian politicians.

What does one do after leaving the top job?

What does one do after leaving the top job?

A look at the post-office decisions of past Australian Prime Ministers.

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

Past Australian elections with very close results.

Five famous Australian cross-party friendships

Five famous Australian cross-party friendships

COLLECTION

Question Time! board game

Question Time! board game

A complex game about the intricacies of politics.

1975 Labor campaign record in Greek

1975 Labor campaign record in Greek

Reaching out to Greek Australians.

DEMOCRACY

Defining democracy

Defining democracy

What is democracy?

Australian democracy

Australian democracy

Every democratic society is distinct. The same is true for Australia.