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Labor veteran Kim Beazley in the frame for Australian War Memorial council
The Labor elder statesman is being discussed internally by the federal government as a candidate for the Australian War Memorial council.
- by James Massola
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Critic of frontier war plans at Australian War Memorial candidate for next chair
The RSL’s national president Greg Melick said the War Memorial should be exclusively for defence and peacekeeping operations.
- by James Massola
‘Creeping politicisation’: One in five federal board roles held by political appointees
A Grattan Institute analysis of federal government board positions shows 21 per cent had direct political connections, described as a form of “grey corruption”.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Australia votes
Peter Dutton likely to lead the opposition, but will he go the way of Brendan Nelson?
Peter Dutton is firming as the man most likely to lead the Coalition, but he will need to overcome voters’ perceptions of him and the rising independent vote.
- by James Massola
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Return to service: Nelson back atop War Memorial
Former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson’s absence from the Australian War Memorial, which he ran for seven years until late 2019, has been short-lived.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Stephen Brook
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Indigenous
National resting place for Indigenous remains should be focal point for Australia Day: Liberal elder
Former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson has aired a proposal to redevelop Reconciliation Place in Canberra’s parliamentary triangle and use it to change the culture of Australia Day.
- by Katina Curtis and Carolyn Webb
‘I’m happy to go on’: Brendan Nelson waxes lyrical about SAS soldier
Brendan Nelson put up a spirited defence of the reputation of Ben Roberts-Smith, including tales of the “reverential mobs” that used to fall upon the former SAS soldier wherever he went, until the day he was accused of war crimes.
- by Harriet Alexander
Former defence minister Brendan Nelson backs ‘revered’ Ben Roberts-Smith
The former Liberal defence minister and head of the Australian War Memorial said before The Age and Sydney Morning Herald articles, the former SAS soldier was surrounded by “reverential mobs”.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Australian War Memorial
War Memorial must explore darker side of Australia at war
Every museum curator is likely to understand that they are only ever a label away from controversy.
- by Frank Bongiorno
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Secrets of War
'Discredited': Former War Memorial historian calls for Kerry Stokes to stand down
The former chief historian of the Australian War Memorial has called for its chairman, Kerry Stokes, to stand down over his public and private support for soldiers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan.
- by Anthony Galloway
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Secrets of War
Killings of Afghans 'happened all the time'
Some spoke of 'killing as a sport'. Others of deep shame suffered in silence. The disclosures from the special forces soldiers came slowly at first.
- by Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer and Chris Masters
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