Alfred Deakin


Happy birthday, party system!

One hundred years ago today, MPs from what had been two separate parties, Free Traders and Protectionists, met together for the first time, and a a class-based party system was born.

Mal Brough: you’re either with us, or against them

Melbourne University was the venue last night for Indigenous affairs minister Mal Brough to present the annual Alfred Deakin Lecture, on “The emergency response to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory”.