Anzac Day

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Arts & Culture

A toast to Anzac Day

Celebrating ANZAC Day with a drink is a long tradition, but one that has always been contested

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Politics & Society

Beyond Anzac: What really shaped our nation?

Australia’s reputation as one of the first progressive democracies in the world may have been forged peacefully, but is nonetheless worthy of commemoration

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Health & Medicine

War and trauma: Learning the lessons

From a cup of tea behind the lines, to sophisticated psychological therapies, we are still working to improve treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Arts & Culture

Dinner in No-Man’s Land

As the country marks Anzac Day, we look at how the act of sharing food during a time of war, even across enemy lines, is a potent symbol of our humanity.

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Business & Economics

Accounting the cost of war

On Anzac Day, we take a look at the untold story of Australia’s wartime accountants

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Politics & Society

Anzac Day not just for the boys

By the late 1920s, Anzac Day had become male-centric. But that wasn’t the case during WW1 and the immediate post-war years, when nurses played a central role in commemorations.

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Politics & Society

The women doctors who fought to serve

When the Great War broke out, female doctors were famously told to “go home and sit still”. But a group of remarkable women refused.

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