December 2022
Bali bombings ‘more serious than 9/11’, Amanda Vanstone says
Months before the deadly 2002 attacks, the national security committee of cabinet was told there was no evidence Australians were being targeted by terrorists.
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- Tom McIlroy
January 2022
Character assassination in new letters from governors-general to Queen
From bumptious hussies to seditious libel, the newly opened vaults of the Nation Archive reveal the true feelings of Australian governors-general in their correspondence with the palace.
- Anne Twomey
COVID-19 billions ‘vindicated’ by recovery: Howard
John Howard believes the Coalition would have been re-elected narrowly if the Tampa crisis and 9/11 attacks hadn’t reshaped politics in 2001.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2021
Funding shortfall puts war records preservation at risk
A 2019 funding commitment is expected to see only about 80 per cent of precious records digitised.
- Tom McIlroy