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Your guide to how often voters go to the polls.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
False information from ancient times to the present.
Tactics to help you navigate false information.
How it works, why it matters and the power of your role in it.
Hear audio descriptions of political cartoons from Behind the Lines exhibitions.
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