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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

Besties (or not) from the West: PMs and Presidents

Besties (or not) from the West: PMs and Presidents

A look at leadership interactions from Australia's past.

90-year-old souvenirs for a 90-year-old building

90-year-old souvenirs for a 90-year-old building

Read about souvenirs from the 1927 opening of Old Parliament House.

Political football

Political football

Politicians and their sporting passions.

Whatever it takes to get the vote

Whatever it takes to get the vote

How suffragettes fought and endured for voting rights.

Hanging on the Computerphone

Hanging on the Computerphone