November
- Opinion
- Review
On Remembrance Day: new ways to understand an old war
Scholarship on the Great War extends far beyond the traditional focus on heroic but doomed Anzacs.
- Peter Stanley
July
Anzac Day shopping ban restricts choice, retailers say
Retail trade will be banned on Anzac Day in NSW, giving the state some of the nation’s most restrictive rules in a move to counter “creeping commercialism”.
- Gus McCubbing, James Hall and Lucy Slade
Wall Street’s big run; Incitec dumps sale talks; Inside Biden’s fight
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April
- Opinion
- Perspective
Why young people embrace the emotion of Anzac Day
It’s 109 years since Australian and New Zealand soldiers climbed the steep, craggy hills at Gallipoli, but the day still has a unique hold on the nation’s soul and imagination.
- Andrew Clark
Thousands join Anzac services as nation seeks to heal
Anzac Day was labelled a chance for Sydney to come together and heal after a series of terrifying knife attacks.
- Gus McCubbing
BHP’s bid for $56b Anglo; Zuckerberg’s AI purgatory; Highest-paid CFOs
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PM pays tribute to ‘great artery of suffering’ on the Kokoda Track
After two days climbing through Papua New Guinea’s mountains, Anthony Albanese and James Marape marked the dawn service at the Isurava battlefield memorial.
- Updated
- Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- The AFR View
‘Decolonising’ Anzac Day’s revival
The day offers a welcome counterpoint in an age of fragmenting identity politics in which it is becoming more difficult to find agreement about Australia’s national identity.
- The AFR View
‘Extraordinary sacrifice’: Albanese, Marape end historic Kokoda trek
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the Kokoda Track hike with his PNG counterpart James Marape gave him an appreciation of the sacrifices made by WWII soldiers.
- Matthew Knott
‘You’re the chief now’: Crowds greet Albanese at start of Kokoda Track
Long-time residents of Papua New Guinea said it was the most lavish welcome an Australian leader had received since Paul Keating in 1992.
- Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Anzac Day’s soft power is so important to social cohesion
Any potential adversary knows that a low-risk way to wound a diverse, multicultural society is to pick it apart until it turns against itself.
- Simon Longstaff
China rebuff in PM’s Anzac Day PNG push
Stronger ties with Australia’s northern neighbour will help promote Pacific stability and freedom, the prime minister says.
- Tom McIlroy
Albanese to visit the Kokoda Track for Anzac Day
The prime minister and his PNG counterpart James Marape are expected to attend a dawn service at Isurava on April 25.
- Tom McIlroy
January
- Analysis
- Australia Day
Australia Day has always been controversial
It’s nothing new for the national holiday to be plagued by debates over its meaning and significance. Indeed, that’s become part and parcel of the day itself.
- Updated
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
‘They have decided to be a conservative, right-wing party’
Melbourne’s Goldstein electorate is a test of whether the Liberal Party can create a cohesive national strategy to defeat the teal independents.
- Aaron Patrick
July 2023
- Opinion
- China relations
Time for Australia-New Zealand relationship to move beyond cliches
Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins now have the opportunity to move the relationship beyond slouch-hatted incantations to the Anzac spirit and tired calls of “family” to a new era of mutual relevance.
- Updated
- James Curran
May 2023
Australia, Greece work on Gallipoli remembrance trail
Australia’s governor-general and Greece’s president turn the first soil on a $4.9 million open air museum at the former Anzac bases on Lemnos.
- Kevin Chinnery
April 2023
Lust for luxury makes LVMH into Europe’s first $750b company
LVMH is poised to overtake Tesla in market valuation; Netflix bets $3.7b on Korea; Asian stocks mixed; Legal & General Investment says the politicisation of ESG risks overshadowing its power to drive returns. See how the day unfolded here.
- Updated
- Andrew Hobbs
‘Remembrance, reflection, gratitude’: Australians pause for Anzac Day
Australians have taken time out to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the World War I Gallipoli landings.
- Tom McIlroy
April 2022
- Opinion
- Defence
Both sides talk about keeping Australians ‘safe’ – but don’t say how
National security concerns are now at the hard centre of this election campaign. But tough statements about the need to prepare for war don’t match the record.
- Jennifer Hewett