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These activity ideas support caring for the local environment, decision making and being you.
Are you game to discover if Old Parliament House is haunted?
An explainer on the key features of Australian democracy.
Practical resources and ideas to use in the classroom across civics and citizenship, media literacy and more.
A chess set with pieces made to look like federal politicians.
The significance of the War Precautions Act
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