Use the posts listed below to find pieces on political history.
Articles appear in chronological order.
1939
- April 20, 1939: Earle Page’s Speech Attacking Robert Menzies
1942
- May 22, 1942: The Forgotten People: Robert Menzies
1948
- November 28, 1948: Robert Menzies: Politics As An Art
1949
- June 12, 1949: “The Light On The Hill” – Speech by Ben Chifley
- November 10, 1949: 1949 Federal Election: Robert Menzies Liberal Party Policy Speech
1950
1963
- July 4, 1963: The Battle For Freedom: Sir Robert Menzies’s Jefferson Oration
- August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream
- November 12, 1963: 1963 Federal Election: Sir Robert Menzies Policy Speech
1965
- January 30, 1965: Sir Winston Churchill’s Funeral: Eulogy By Sir Robert Menzies
1966
- November 8, 1966: 1966 Federal Election: Harold Holt Liberal Party Policy Speech
1968
- June 20, 1968: Prime Minister John Gorton Addresses the National Press Club
1973
- February 28, 1973: Bill to Lower Voting Age to 18: Fred Daly Second Reading Speech
1974
- February 19, 1974: Whitlam Talks Superphosphate In Lardner
- August 11, 1974: Sir Robert Menzies, Freeman Of The City Of Kew, Warns Of Community Greed
1975
- December 11, 1975: 1975 Federal Election: Audio Clips From The Campaign
1976
- September 14, 1976: Hawke Should Stay With The ACTU: The Australian
1977
- December 1, 1977: Tom Uren And Don Dunstan Address ALP Election Rally At Monash University
- December 10, 1977: Whitlam Steps Down As ALP Leader
1978
- May 15, 1978: The Death of Sir Robert Menzies
- July 24, 1978: Calwell Memorial Lecture: South Australian Premier Don Dunstan Announces Land Rights For The Pitjantjatjara People
1980
- October 16, 1980: Derryn Hinch Suspended By 3AW After Breaking Election Blackout
1983
- January 28, 1983: John Button’s Letter To Bill Hayden
- April 29, 1983: Celebrating The Hawke And Cain Labor Governments
1986
- March 2, 1986: Queen Elizabeth Signs Australia Act Into Law
1988
- March 31, 1988: John Howard Comments On Death Of Sir William McMahon
- May 9, 1988: New Parliament House Opened By The Queen
1989
- May 23, 1989: Jeff Kennett Dumped From Liberal Leadership In Victoria
1991
- April 9, 1991: Keating And Hewson Exchange Words Over Death Of Kerr
- June 3, 1991: Bob Hawke Repels Leadership Challenge From Paul Keating
1992
- February 27, 1992: Keating Blasts The Old Fogies Of The Liberal Party And The Cultural Cringe Of The 1950s
1993
1994
- February 24, 1994: Keating And Hewson Do Battle In Censure Debate Over Sports Rorts Affair
1999
- December 2, 1999: A Day of Significant Anniversaries…
- December 2, 1999: Great Man Sends Birthday Greetings
- December 9, 1999: John Howard Speech On 50th Anniversary Of Election Of Menzies Government
- December 10, 1999: 50th Anniversary of Election of Menzies Government
- December 26, 1999: TIME Magazine Names Einstein Man Of The Century
- December 27, 1999: TIME Magazine Wrong In Not Naming Churchill
- December 31, 1999: World’s Bloodiest Century Draws To A Close
2000
- January 1, 2000: 2000 Dawns: Yeltsin Quits, Y2K Fizzles, Indian Hijack Hostages Freed, Cabinet Papers Released
- May 10, 2000: Victorian Parliament To Be Venue For Commemorative Federation Sitting
2001
- January 1, 2001: As 21st Century Begins… Australian Federation One Hundred Years Old Today
- January 1, 2001: 1970 Cabinet Documents Released
- January 1, 2001: Sir William Deane: Centenary Of Federation Speech
- February 11, 2001: The Difficult Task Of Winning A Third Term
- March 15, 2001: The Politics Of The Exchange Rate
- May 9, 2001: Centenary Of Federation To Be Celebrated In Melbourne
- May 9, 2001: Sir William Deane’s Speech On the Centenary of the Australian Parliament
- May 9, 2001: John Howard’s Speech to the Ceremonial Federation Sitting
- May 9, 2001: Kim Beazley’s Speech to the Centenary of Federation Joint Sitting of Parliament
- May 9, 2001: Australian Parliament’s Centenary Celebrated; Howard Praises Curtin & Menzies; Beazley Calls For Republic
- August 15, 2001: The Spirit Of The Volunteer: Speech By Peter Costello
- November 11, 2001: Howard Wins A Third Term: Some Historical Comparisons
- December 15, 2001: Brief History of the Howard Government – 1998-2001
2002
- May 20, 2002: John Gorton, Australian, Former Liberal Prime Minister, Dies, 90
- May 22, 2002: The Right Honourable Sir John Gorton GCMG, AC, CH
- May 27, 2002: John Gorton: Condolence Speech by Simon Crean
- July 11, 2002: Whitlam, Birthday Boy, Proposes Major ALP Reforms
- September 13, 2002: Howard Launches Menzies Virtual Museum
2003
- August 25, 2003: Mal Colston, Venal Politician, Labor Rat, Dead At 65
- September 3, 2003: Keating: Conservative Story Is Simply Not Big Enough For Australia
2004
- January 10, 2004: Geoff Kitney: Selfish Australia Votes For Itself
- July 27, 2004: The 1974 Joint Sitting Of Parliament
2005
- April 7, 2005: Text Of Pope John Paul II’s Will And Testament
- April 25, 2005: Bjelke-Petersen: Corrupt, Venal, Vindictive, Hypocritical, Dangerous
- May 17, 2005: Alexander Downer: Earle Page Politics Speech
- August 12, 2005: Costello Hints At Benefits Of Deputies Taking On The Top Job
2006
- May 7, 2006: Richard Carleton: From The Dismissal To Beaconsfield
- June 2, 2006: Paul Keating Launches ‘The Longest Decade’
- August 29, 2006: Don Chipp, Founder Of Australian Democrats, Dies At 81
2007
- September 26, 2007: “Don’t Risk Rudd” – Roadside Billboard In La Trobe
2010
- June 22, 2010: Galahs And Polls
- June 24, 2010: Gillard Elected ALP Leader Unopposed; Rudd Does Not Run; Swan New Deputy
- June 24, 2010: Political History Made As Julia Gillard Becomes Australia’s First Woman Prime Minister
- December 2, 2010: The March of Political Time
2011
- February 3, 2011: Social Media As A Tool For Protest
2012
- May 22, 2012: Dealing With Craig Thomson: An Impressive MPI Debate
- June 1, 2012: Gillard Speech To Whitlam Institute; $7m Building Grant
- August 6, 2012: Curiosity Lands On Mars
- August 28, 2012: Kevin Rudd Launches Whitlam Biography
- November 13, 2012: John Faulkner Remembers Whitlam’s 1972 “It’s Time” Policy Speech
- November 14, 2012: Paul Keating’s Murdoch Oration: Asia In The New Order
- November 17, 2012: Top 10 Great Labor Speeches
- December 3, 2012: Fairfax Donates Historic Photographs To National Library
- December 3, 2012: Anniversaries Galore In The First Week Of December
- December 5, 2012: On Labor And Liberalism: Leigh & Glover Debate The Role Of The ALP
- December 9, 2012: More Anniversaries: Three Elections, A Floating Dollar And The Redfern Speech
- December 13, 2012: Today’s Electoral Anniversaries: Hughes And Fraser
- December 23, 2012: Subtlety Lost: Craig Emerson On The Australian Media
2013
- January 3, 2013: Julia Gillard’s Place Amongst The List Of Australian Prime Ministers
- January 7, 2013: Who Will Win The 2013 Federal Election?
- January 9, 2013: Richard Ben Cramer: Displayed Humanity Toward Politicians
- January 24, 2013: Scott Morrison: Australia, The Land Of Our Adoption
- February 25, 2013: A.L.P. Federal Election Results Since 1910
- March 2, 2013: Peter Harvey, Channel 9 Journalist, Dies, 68
- May 9, 2013: 25th Anniversary Of Opening Of New Parliament House
- May 13, 2013: A Scenario For Tony Abbott And A Motion Of No-Confidence
- May 27, 2013: The Power And The Passion – A Personal View
- June 3, 2013: Woof Woof!
- June 13, 2013: John Young: Gillard Politicises Abortion
- September 25, 2013: Julia Gillard To Write Memoirs For Random House
- September 26, 2013: At America’s Cup 30th Anniversary, Bob Hawke Tells A Joke
- December 11, 2013: That’s It, You’re Out: Disorderly Conduct In The House Of Representatives
- December 20, 2013: 2013 And The Years Of Three Prime Ministers
2014
- January 18, 2014: Paul Keating Turns 70
- May 11, 2014: Lem Johns, LBJ Bodyguard, Dies; Witness To JFK Assassination, Spattered With Paint In Australia
- May 14, 2014: Labor MPs And Malcolm Turnbull Pay Tribute To Neville Wran
- June 6, 2014: June 6, 2014: President Barack Obama Speaks At Normandy On The 70th Anniversary Of D-Day
- July 20, 2014: 45 Years Ago Today: Man Lands On Moon
- September 8, 2014: Mungo MacCallum Not Dead
- October 12, 2014: Abbott On The Liberal Party’s 70th Anniversary
2015
- November 6, 2015: Barry Jones: Whitlam’s Vision Of Social Democracy – Parliament And Party
2016
- January 26, 2016: On This Day In 1966: Menzies Retires, Holt Government Takes Office
- March 27, 2016: The Myth Of The Ten-Week Election Campaign In 1984
- August 3, 2016: Turnbull Now 23rd Longest-Serving Prime Minister
- September 7, 2016: John Howard, Historian Of Menzies, Addresses National Press Club
2017
- September 4, 2017: Doug Everingham Condolences: House Remembers Whitlam Minister
- September 5, 2017: Death Of John Bourchier, Former Liberal MP, Announced To House
- September 5, 2017: Doug Everingham Condolences
2018
- May 14, 2018: 1911 Was The Last Time A Government Won A Seat From The Opposition. Oh, Really?
- May 29, 2018: No, William McWilliams Wasn’t The Last Country Party Member From Tasmania
2019
- June 30, 2019: The Darwin By-Election – 102 Years Ago Today
2020
- September 9, 2020: Hard Quiz: Scomo and Big Mac
- September 12, 2020: John Fahey, Former NSW Premier and Howard Finance Minister, Dies, 75
- September 23, 2020: PM – 20th Anniversary Program
2022
- December 16, 2022: A Century Apart, The Kooyong Elections Of 1922 And 2022
- December 18, 2022: A Day Without A Prime Minister
2023
- November 26, 2023: Tom Hughes Turns 100; Last of the Pre-1972 Liberal Ministers, Gorton Defender, Notable Barrister, Malcolm Turnbull’s Father-in-Law
- December 17, 2023: The Disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt, 56 Years Ago Today
2024