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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

Reflections of Bob Hawke in Old Parliament House

Reflections of Bob Hawke in Old Parliament House

How Bob Hawke felt about his time as Prime Minister at both houses of parliament.

Alfred Deakin and the Divine

Alfred Deakin and the Divine

Personal writing from PM Alfred Deakin.

Remembering Elizabeth II in the halls of Old Parliament House

Remembering Elizabeth II in the halls of Old Parliament House

The close connections between Elizabeth II and the history of Old Parliament House.

The day the Australian Labor Party changed itself, and its leader

The day the Australian Labor Party changed itself, and its leader

How PM Gough Whitlam secured the labor party leadership.

Whatever it takes to get the vote

Whatever it takes to get the vote