Good commentary. So many parallels with the long discredited tobacco industry arguments against ad bans; so many good reasons to expose similar gambling industry lobbying; and so shameful that the government has failed to implement the Murphy Committee recommendations on gambling advertising.

I enjoyed a wonderful visit to Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India last week to talk about my research on the cultural history of Medicare, and to explore research collaborations in #medicalhumanities.

Read the latest by @carolynholbrook.bsky.social and Lyndon Megarrity: Federation or ‘Fetteration’? Secessionist sentiment in Queensland and Western Australia during the first decade of the Commonwealth. lnkd.in/gmZq6eRP Available open access in 22(1) #historyaustralia #openaccess

My Conversation article about the broader implications of the Australian War Memorial's elusive eligibility rules for its Carlyon book prize.

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New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser

adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bu...

The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
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Great to see the latest Journal of Contemporary History out (60/1) featuring not just our piece on tourism and R&R but also one by @carolynholbrook.bsky.social, @miamh.bsky.social & David Lowe on Australia and national security in the 1930s! journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcha/60/1