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National Capital Authority approves War Memorial’s ‘early works’ application despite 590 public submissions expressing concerns about all or part of the proposal and just three (3) supporting it
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Kristen Alexander reviews Mark Baker’s The Emperor’s Grace, about Australian POWs in Japan
President Biden’s recent statement focusses attention again on the Armenian Genocide
The Spanish flu pandemic 1918-19 that killed 13 000 Australians and 50 million world-wide (with some recent updates)
A build for the times – or an extravagant folly?
Heritage Guardians: a campaign against the proposed $498m extensions to the Australian War Memorial
National Capital Authority consultation on ‘early works’ associated with War Memorial $498m project: dozens of trees to be cut down; premature demolition of Anzac Hall; massive excavation at Memorial entrance.
Arms and the War Memorial: let’s spend on health, not arms and submarines
Michelle Fahy on how an arms peddler qualified for charitable status. Michelle Fahy on how easily Australia sells arms to Saudi Arabia and UAE, in defiance of our international commitments. 
Looking back
Centenary Watch
Australia is more than Anzac – and always has been