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Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places.
How parties and candidates campaign for your vote.
Common terms explained.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
The powers and duties of the governor-general explained.
False information from ancient times to the present.
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