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Former NSW Premier Bob Carr and former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks have backed in calls for an Indigenous person to be appointed governor general for the first time.

Former Labor premiers back Indigenous governor-general as speculation mounts over PM’s pick

Former Labor premiers Bob Carr and Steve Bracks have thrown their support behind an Indigenous governor-general, while former Queensland premier Peter Beattie has suggested that could be divisive, so soon after the Voice referendum.

  • Lisa Visentin

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The Governor of NSW Sir Roden Cutler congratulates three young men after decorating them for bravery. L-R aircraftman Kevin Wickerson, Private (now Mr) Richard Norden of Gundagai and Petty Officer (now Mr.) William Young,1969.

‘What do you have to do to get the VC?’ Posthumous award in limbo 55 years after conflict

Former governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove says he was “blown away” by the bravery of Private Richard Norden.

  • Tim Barlass
Dili AllStars band member Gil Santos, comedian Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Dili AllStars singer Paulie Stewart.

‘You can be a pacifist ... and support our troops’: Lessons learnt performing on the frontline

Little Pattie, Anthony ‘Lehmo’ Lehmann and Paulie Steward are some of the entertainers profoundly affected after performing on the frontline, according to an exhibition at the Shrine of Remembrance.

  • Stephen Brook
Cousins. Geoff Cousins, proposed director of Telstra is at the centre of a debate between The Federal Government and the Telstra board. 28 September 2006. AFR Photo by Andrew Quilty. SPECIALX 56656

‘It was guerrilla warfare’: Inside the fight for the future of the Australian Club

A Machiavellian plan to stop women joining the elite all-male club has led to broken friendships, high-profile resignations and divisions that have rippled across legal, business and political circles.

  • Anne Hyland
Shane Gould after the 1972 Olympics.

‘Reverse hostage-taking’, ‘scapegoating’: Australian VIPs slam Wimbledon ban

At a Sport Australia Hall of Fame forum, three heavyweights question the sense and worth of Wimbledon’s stance against Russian and Belarusian players.

  • Greg Baum
Former Fovernor-General Peter Cosgrove says a war between China and the US has always been a possibility.

‘We see the dragon awake’: Cosgrove says potent Chinese military has US on its toes

But the former Defence chief and governor-general says Australia’s hardened rhetoric towards China will not lead to a war although the deteriorating relationship could continue to create commercial and social difficulties.

  • Anthony Galloway and Jennifer Duke
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General Sir Peter Cosgrove at McMahons Point in Sydney.

A republic, Indigenous recognition and a gutful of Zoom. Peter Cosgrove is not shy in retirement

The former governor-general can see the potential for an Australian president. But he can also see the risks.

  • Michael Ruffles
RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons pins the posthumous service medal of Geoffrey Keaton onto his son, Harvey. Geoffrey died fighting bushfires in December.

Business council sets up $25m trust for children of firefighters killed

The $25 million permanent trust will pay for the school and tertiary or vocational education of children who have lost a parent to the bushfires.

  • Latika Bourke
Then prime minister John Howard farewells Australian soldiers heading to East Timor in September 1999.

'Beyond the pale': Official history of Australia's East Timor operations on ice amid censorship claims

A legacy project of former prime minister Tony Abbott is in danger of collapse amid claims that bureaucrats are trying to censor its first volume.

  • Michael Koziol
Peter Dutton's Parliament eligibility was the topic of argument between then-PM Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney-General Christian Porter.

'The proposition is nonsense': Turnbull hits back at Christian Porter in leadership row

Malcolm Turnbull has taken on Peter Dutton and Christian Porter in a deepening dispute over the Liberal Party leadership spill.

  • David Crowe

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