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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:
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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
https://academic.oup.com/jhmas/article/doi/10.1093/jhmas/jraf026/8471423
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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
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The Early Years of Australian Medicare: Universal Health Insurance in the Balance
As evidenced by Prime Minister Anthony Albaneseās repeated brandishing of his green-and-gold plastic card during the 2025 election campaign, Medicare is a beloved Australian institution. But this w...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14443058.2026.2625219
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Mike Daube
4 months ago
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.
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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
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5 months ago
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History Australia
9 months ago
Read the latest by
@carolynholbrook.bsky.social
and Lyndon Megarrity: Federation or āFetterationā? Secessionist sentiment in Queensland and Western Australia during the first decade of the Commonwealth.
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Available open access in 22(1)
#historyaustralia
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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 Memorialās prize controversy betrays the institutionās purpose: to tell the messy truth about war
Chris Mastersā book on Ben Roberts-Smith was chosen to win the Australian War Memorialās Les Carlyon Prize for Military History. But the prize wasnāt awarded. Why?
https://theconversation.com/the-australian-war-memorials-prize-controversy-betrays-the-institutions-purpose-to-tell-the-messy-truth-about-war-265373
5 months ago
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New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser
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Biography - Netta Patricia Burns - Australian Dictionary of Biography
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burns-netta-patricia-33268
12 months ago
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The best of both worlds? How Australiaās unique democracy evolved
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The best of both worlds? How Australiaās unique democracy evolved
Australia at federation was perhaps the most developed example of harnessing democracy and bureaucracy.
https://theconversation.com/the-best-of-both-worlds-how-australias-unique-democracy-evolved-230952?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
12 months ago
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Jon Piccini
about 1 year ago
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
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Journal of Contemporary History - Volume 60, Number 1, Jan 01, 2025
Table of contents for Journal of Contemporary History, 60, 1, Jan 01, 2025
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcha/60/1
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