World War II
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Austrian far-right party wins first national election since World War II
The Freedom Party was founded in the 1950s by Nazi veterans and is one of Europe’s longest-standing parties of the populist right.
- by Rob Harris
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‘We’ve stuffed it’: Kokoda Track shut indefinitely, leaving tourists high and dry
Local authorities are scrambling to find a solution to reopen the popular trail, which would usually be in the midst of one of its busiest periods of the year.
- by Matthew Knott
Fix housing crisis by reducing capital gains
The product of the decision was the creation of a Ponzi scheme where the fastest way to a quick buck was through capital gains on housing. House prices are now more than 10 times the average annual earnings. This investment in housing was not for income from rent but capital gain, and the tax advantages it provides.
How one American film caused a political battle about the Nazis
The 1940 film The Mortal Storm was the only film at the time to tackle the treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
- by Tom Ryan
Public-private school divide against national spirit
If our politicians were required to send their offspring to state schools, there would be a dramatic change in funding.
Virginia Trioli: ‘I had to go through a lot of life to be confident to write about me’
When the award-winning journalist set out to write her memoir there was a lot on the table, but she chose to focus on food over feminism.
- by Jane Rocca
Pigeon sleepovers, margarine models and human remains: The true history of the Shrine
A new graphic narrative tells little-known yarns about the Shrine of Remembrance.
- by Carolyn Webb
The family secrets Richard learned from his mum’s WWII letters
Winifred Smith’s letters, now on display at the State Library of NSW, are a rare insight into women’s experience of the war effort.
- by Julie Power
Not voting is the real blight on democracy
The compulsion to vote has served us well for more than a century and is the best way for the voices of all the people – even mute ones – to be heard one way or another. What could be more democratic than that?
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