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POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

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Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

Red, white and blue: the Australian flag

Red, white and blue: the Australian flag

Debate about the Australian flag has a long history.

By-elections in Australia

By-elections in Australia

How by-elections work.

Through the ashes: The doors of Old Parliament House

Through the ashes: The doors of Old Parliament House

How the front doors of Old Parliament House were rescued and restored after fire damage.

Anzac Day at the provisional Parliament House

Anzac Day at the provisional Parliament House

Where ANZAC Day was commemorated before the Australian War Memorial was built.

Wearing your politics

Wearing your politics