Maintenance work on the National Library’s roof will prevent public access to historical treasures, but it exposes something deeper - a failure of successive governments to value our cultural...

The campaigns for and against the voice are heating up, with the “No” side continuing to sow confusion and doubt

What he truly regrets is his damaged reputation, as he now tries to pivot towards the political centre.

When Annabel Crabb breaks bread with the Morrisons and Macklins of the world she helps further marginalise vulnerable people.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison will take up a role with a leading think tank as an adviser to the Centre for a New American Security.

An exploration of the gender politics during Julia Gillard's term as Australia's first female prime minister, including the response and tone from media commentators, the Australian public, and...

The minister in charge of the National Archives says it has to deal with the disintegration of its records even as the institution warns parts of Australia’s history cannot be saved.

Governor-General's man, army generals, a former MP and a rowing promoter had Australian War Memorial artefacts melted for Henley Regatta.

On Netflix and in print, the couple’s story has been informed by a historical perspective with implications for Australia

We suppose it’s the least ANU could do for her, given the prestigious role pays well below her usual rates.

Figures released to Senate reignite debate on commemoration of war dead funded by companies that profit from conflict

Between March and December last year, Australian productivity – GDP per hours worked – actually declined 4.1 per cent.

Will Atlas shrug?

Last Tuesday was the day that broke a lot of university workers

Exclusive: Cost-cutting, casualisation and ‘ridiculous’ teaching loads are taking a toll on tertiary institutions – and some academics are fighting back

UNSW spent $38 million on consultants in 2022, while the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland each paid out more than $37 million.

The former MP continues the proud Liberal tradition of politicising Anzac Day

In this series, first published in 2022, we examine the moment from which former prime minister Scott Morrison could never recover — and why Josh Frydenberg didn’t save their party.

If the lessons of second wave feminism are any guide, Australian women now need to not only get angry, they need to get organised.

Asked to quantify their needs ahead of the federal budget, two arts institutions have outlined costs they say are essential.

Lecturers are recycling recorded material and students largely stuck at home are increasingly angry they are not getting value for increased university fees.

The idea a generalist degree just leads to over-qualified graduates serving coffee Reality Bites-style is not only wrong, it is a misguided understanding of what we need from graduates.

Fifty years ago, Elizabeth Reid became the first women’s affairs adviser, and embarked on a visionary project to reimagine the roles and ambitions of half the population.

Years of funding and staff cuts have caught up with the National Archives and it is struggling to prevent the disintegration of unique pieces of Australian history.

Education Minister Prue Car says the slashed budget reflects declining public school student numbers as well as an over-staffed executive cohort.

If Australia does not preserve its audio-visual heritage, no one else in the world will.

The National Archives will be able to save disintegrating documents, film and other at-risk materials with an imminent funding package from the federal government.

About $800 million is needed to repair facilities like the National Gallery of Australia and the National Library, an arts lobby group says.

Decades of legislative change made the councils that govern universities more like corporate boards and less accountable to academic communities. The problems this created are coming home to roost.

Almost 300,000 pieces of Australian history will be saved at the National Archives but there are calls for more cash to help the institution.

The memorial promotes a powerful national origin story. The story of frontier warfare is also a powerful foundation story that deserves to be told.

Roger John Arrow was born on the 18th of February 1945 at Haroldeen Private Hospital in Oberon.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has blamed “entrenched non-compliance” for underpayment and called for widespread changes to fix the university sector.

Where on earth is Australia going to find $368 billion to pay for submarines?

Memorial given more than $600m in last two years of Morrison government, as the nation’s peak collecting museums languished