Warren Brown AM has been an editorial cartoonist since 1986, his work appears daily in The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. Brown is also an author, columnist and television presenter having been a host on Top Gear Australia and for the four-part documentary series Peking to Paris. In 2024-25 Brown drove a 1925 Bean motor car from London to Melbourne re-creating the original adventure by Australian adventurer Francis Birtles in 1927-28.
How parties and candidates campaign for your vote.
Everything you need to know about the 1975 dismissal.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
Is the dismissal of an elected government an event that could happen in countries other than Australia?
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
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