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There are lessons from the achievement of the cigarette advertising ban in the 1970s that we need to apply to other corporate predators in the 2020s - gambling companies come immediately to mind.
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control: academic.oup.com/jhmas/articl...
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control: academic.oup.com/jhmas/articl...
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control: how Australia achieved a ban on television advertising of cigarettes
Abstract. While Australia is now renowned for world-leading anti-tobacco measures, including being the first jurisdiction to introduce plain packaging of c
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February 16, 2026 at 1:55 AM
There are lessons from the achievement of the cigarette advertising ban in the 1970s that we need to apply to other corporate predators in the 2020s - gambling companies come immediately to mind.
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control: academic.oup.com/jhmas/articl...
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control: academic.oup.com/jhmas/articl...
Medicare was no sure thing in its early years. Thanks to Opposition bungling of health care policy in the 1980s, which I describe in this article, we recently celebrated 40 years of universal health insurance.
The Early Years of Australian Medicare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Early Years of Australian Medicare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Early Years of Australian Medicare: Universal Health Insurance in the Balance
As evidenced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s repeated brandishing of his green-and-gold plastic card during the 2025 election campaign, Medicare is a beloved Australian institution. But this w...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Medicare was no sure thing in its early years. Thanks to Opposition bungling of health care policy in the 1980s, which I describe in this article, we recently celebrated 40 years of universal health insurance.
The Early Years of Australian Medicare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Early Years of Australian Medicare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Good commentary. So many parallels with the long discredited tobacco industry arguments against ad bans; so many good reasons to expose similar gambling industry lobbying; and so shameful that the government has failed to implement the Murphy Committee recommendations on gambling advertising.
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now. 👉 theconversation.com/how-gam...
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Good commentary. So many parallels with the long discredited tobacco industry arguments against ad bans; so many good reasons to expose similar gambling industry lobbying; and so shameful that the government has failed to implement the Murphy Committee recommendations on gambling advertising.
I enjoyed a wonderful visit to Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India last week to talk about my research on the cultural history of Medicare, and to explore research collaborations in #medicalhumanities.
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I enjoyed a wonderful visit to Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India last week to talk about my research on the cultural history of Medicare, and to explore research collaborations in #medicalhumanities.
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Read the latest by @carolynholbrook.bsky.social and Lyndon Megarrity: Federation or ‘Fetteration’? Secessionist sentiment in Queensland and Western Australia during the first decade of the Commonwealth. lnkd.in/gmZq6eRP Available open access in 22(1) #historyaustralia #openaccess
May 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Read the latest by @carolynholbrook.bsky.social and Lyndon Megarrity: Federation or ‘Fetteration’? Secessionist sentiment in Queensland and Western Australia during the first decade of the Commonwealth. lnkd.in/gmZq6eRP Available open access in 22(1) #historyaustralia #openaccess
My Conversation article about the broader implications of the Australian War Memorial's elusive eligibility rules for its Carlyon book prize.
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The Australian War Memorial’s prize controversy betrays the institution’s purpose: to tell the messy truth about war
Chris Masters’ book on Ben Roberts-Smith was chosen to win the Australian War Memorial’s Les Carlyon Prize for Military History. But the prize wasn’t awarded. Why?
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September 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My Conversation article about the broader implications of the Australian War Memorial's elusive eligibility rules for its Carlyon book prize.
theconversation.com/the-australi...
theconversation.com/the-australi...
New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bu...
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bu...
Biography - Netta Patricia Burns - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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February 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bu...
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bu...
The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
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theconversation.com/the-best-of-...
The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
Australia at federation was perhaps the most developed example of harnessing democracy and bureaucracy.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The best of both worlds? How Australia’s unique democracy evolved
theconversation.com/the-best-of-...
theconversation.com/the-best-of-...
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Great to see the latest Journal of Contemporary History out (60/1) featuring not just our piece on tourism and R&R but also one by @carolynholbrook.bsky.social, @miamh.bsky.social & David Lowe on Australia and national security in the 1930s! journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcha/60/1
Journal of Contemporary History - Volume 60, Number 1, Jan 01, 2025
Table of contents for Journal of Contemporary History, 60, 1, Jan 01, 2025
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February 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Great to see the latest Journal of Contemporary History out (60/1) featuring not just our piece on tourism and R&R but also one by @carolynholbrook.bsky.social, @miamh.bsky.social & David Lowe on Australia and national security in the 1930s! journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcha/60/1