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.
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.
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.
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.