Rationale
Rationale is a magazine published by the the Rationalist Society of Australia.
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Rationale is a magazine published by the the Rationalist Society of Australia.
Explore political cartoons in Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
How the head of the government can lose their position.
Everything you need to know about the 1975 double dissolution election.
Browse all cartoonists featured in Behind the Lines.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
The start of the election process explained.
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