Frank Bongiorno
Frank Bongiorno is professor of history at the Australian National University and president of the Australian Historical Association.
‘Aggressive, drunken, lascivious, sexist’ - Bob Hawke before he was PM
David Day’s biography of Bob Hawke’s first 50 years could only have been published after this famously thin-skinned subject’s death.
- by Frank Bongiorno
Latest
David Marr examines the blood on his family’s hands in this epic feat
David Marr’s history and family saga is a timely exercise in truth-telling about the killing of the Indigenous population in Queensland and elsewhere.
- by Frank Bongiorno
Opinion
History
The real ‘history war’ is the attack on our archives and libraries
Maintenance work on the National Library’s roof will prevent public access to historical treasures, but it exposes something deeper - a failure of successive governments to value our cultural heritage.
- by Michelle Arrow and Frank Bongiorno
Opinion
Political leadership
Unfairly or not, a globe-trotting PM courts trouble (if only Menzies listened to his wife)
Anthony Albanese didn’t deserve the attacks on his overseas missions, but that doesn’t mean voters won’t prefer he focus on the home front.
- by Frank Bongiorno
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Next-level uncertainty may be pandemic’s most poisonous sting
We may have to live alongside the virus for some time yet, so it’s crucial that we don’t let fear and doubt elicit significant shifts in our social and personal behaviour and attitudes.
- by Frank Bongiorno
Opinion
Political leadership
Morrison banks on the resurgence of a cheerier, quieter Australia
Whatever the Australian Way of Life really is, it invokes some powerful myths and the Prime Minister is relying on its enduring appeal as he seeks re-election.
- by Frank Bongiorno
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