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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

Political football

Political football

Politicians and their sporting passions.

War and unity: how Australia governs during a crisis

War and unity: how Australia governs during a crisis

How crisis impacts governmental choices.

What is a redistribution?

What is a redistribution?

Why the Australian Electoral Commission has to reassess electorate boundaries.

The Introduction of Decimal Currency: How We Avoided Nostrils and Learned to Love the Bill

The Introduction of Decimal Currency: How We Avoided Nostrils and Learned to Love the Bill