On 27 May 1967, Australians voted to change the Constitution so that like all other Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would be counted as part of the population and the Commonwealth would be able to make laws for them.… Go to Article
Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives
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They shut it down
They pulled it down
They shut it down
They pulled it down
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I make my way
Through the streets of your town
— Brisbane rock band the Go-Betweens
commentary of Brisbane in the 1970s.… Go to Article
In 1980 when Howard was Treasurer, the Fraser Government tried to tax mining workers on the benefit they received from subsidised housing in remote Central Queensland.… Go to Article
Academics, Hookham and MacLennan, threatened with the sack!
I have just received a paper from the National Tertiary Education Union [NTEU] about closure of the Humanities and Human Services School at Queensland University of Technology.… Go to Article
Publisher’s Note: The following is a summary of the Industrial Relations (IR) Policy accepted at the National Labor Party Conference in April 2007.… Go to Article