Australian War Memorial
Ben Roberts-Smith: Australian War Memorial to overhaul displays involving ex-soldier
Kim Beazley says AWM acknowledges gravity of defamation decision amid calls to remove exhibits
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
02, Jun, 2023 @7:15 AM
Ben Roberts-Smith: calls for uniform to be removed from Australian War Memorial display
Greens say removal would be ‘first step in correcting the official record’ after federal court dismisses defamation case
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
01, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM
As the Ben Roberts-Smith case proves, it’s time for Australia to abandon our farcical myths of Anzac | Paul Daley
Good history – like good journalism and justice – has fact as its bedrock
Paul Daley
01, Jun, 2023 @7:59 AM
‘Brothers in arms, a long way from home’: the first Australians to fight fascism overseas
The discovery of a rare photo from the Spanish civil war raises questions about why volunteers from Australia are not commemorated
Paul Daley
29, Apr, 2023 @8:00 PM
Calls grow for Australia’s frontier wars to be remembered on Anzac Day
Unofficial acknowledgment of those killed in precolonial conflicts has grown – but commemoration is still being debated
Aaron Smith
24, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘We’d like the two periscopes’: the mission to save a piece of Australia’s first submarine
The AE1 was found 103 years after it sank in the first world war. Now a team hopes to salvage part of the disintegrating wreck to be preserved in a museum
Tory Shepherd
23, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
Two missing after Queensland mine collapse – as it happened
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Elias Visontay and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
15, Feb, 2023 @7:23 AM
Australian War Memorial accepted more than $830,000 from arms manufacturers in three years
Figures released to Senate reignite debate on commemoration of war dead funded by companies that profit from conflict
Christopher Knaus
14, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Kim Beazley backs ‘proper recognition of frontier conflict’ at Australian War Memorial
New legal advice will allow addition as part of $500m expansion to be completed by 2028, chair says
Christopher Knaus
06, Feb, 2023 @12:18 AM
The Australian War Memorial’s intransigence on depicting the frontier wars speaks louder than words | Paul Daley
Any meaningful shift in policy will need to amount to more than acquiring and hanging new artwork in a dedicated space
Paul Daley
17, Oct, 2022 @3:46 AM
The Anzac cloak has shielded the Australian War Memorial from criticism. Its recognition of frontier violence is long overdue | Paul Daley
The integrity of Australian history demands truth-telling and our shrine to the military should lead the way
Paul Daley
29, Sep, 2022 @7:30 AM
Australian War Memorial promises ‘much broader, deeper’ depiction of frontier wars
Move comes after AWM faced criticism for sparse presentation of atrocities against Indigenous Australians during colonisation
Christopher Knaus
29, Sep, 2022 @2:02 AM
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