From Banners to Broadcasts

From Banners to Broadcasts
Author: Sally Ann Young
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780642276049

The first book to tell the story of Australian election campaigns using our vibrant heritage of campaign memorabilia. Starting at the turn-of-the-century, Young plots the development of campaigning from broadsides and handbills to newspaper advertisements, pamphlets, posters, badges, rosettes and more.

Australian Politics in a Digital Age

Australian Politics in a Digital Age
Author: Peter John Chen
Publisher: ANU E Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1922144401

The first comprehensive volume on the impact of digital media on Australian politics, this book examines the way these technologies shape political communication, alter key public and private institutions, and serve as the new arena in which discursive and expressive political life is performed. -- Publisher's description.

Fragments of the Everyday

Fragments of the Everyday
Author: Richard Stone
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2005
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780642276018

Richard Stone has drawn on his extensive knowledge of the National Library of Australia's treasure trove of ephemera to compile this fascinating visual journey. Whether designed to inform, persuade or shock, these remarkable 'reminders' are a fascinating record of Australian life over the last 150 years.

Far-Right Political Parties in Australia

Far-Right Political Parties in Australia
Author: Jordan McSwiney
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1003848923

This book examines how Australian far-right parties organise and operate to better understand their limited electoral success. Australian far-right parties have yet to see results comparable to far-right parties in other contexts. Unlike many of their European counterparts that have made significant electoral gains up to and including participation in national governments, the Australian far-right parties of the ‘fourth wave’ have experienced relatively poor electoral results. But this does not necessarily mean that Australia is uniquely hostile to far-right politics. Focusing particularly on the 2019 Australian federal election, this book takes an organisational approach to better understand why Australian far-right parties struggle electorally. Through the novel lens of disorganised parties, the author argues that the failure to develop a functioning party organisation has resulted in Australian far-right parties being unable to effectively navigate their political environment. By focusing on disorganisation, this book provides a new perspective for understanding the limited electoral impact of the far right in Australia today, despite favourable conditions like normalised Islamophobia and growing dissatisfaction with mainstream parties. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of party politics, the far right, populism, and Australian politics.

The 1967 Referendum

The 1967 Referendum
Author: Bain Attwood
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 0855755555

On 27 May 1967 a remarkable event occurred. An overwhelming majority of electors voted in a national referendum to amend clauses of the Australian Constitution concerning Aboriginal people. Today it is commonly regarded as a turning point in the history of relations between Indigenous and white Australians: a historic moment when citizenship rights -- including the vote -- were granted and the Commonwealth at long last assumed responsibility for Aboriginal affairs. Yet the constitutional changes entailed in the referendum brought about none of these things. "The 1967 Referendum" explores the legal and political significance of the referendum and the long struggle by black and white Australians for constitutional change. It traces the emergence of a series of powerful narratives about the Australian Constitution and the status of Aborigines, revealing how and why the referendum campaign acquired so much significance and has since become the subject of highly charged myth in contemporary Australia. Attwood and Markus's text is complemented by personal recollections and opinions about the referendum by a range of Indigenous people, and historical documents and illustrations.

Black and White Together FCAATSI

Black and White Together FCAATSI
Author: Sue Taffe
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Presents the history of FCAATSI, the grassroots lobby of black and white Australians whose collective efforts brought about political and social change. Together they campaigned nationally for the momentous 1967 Referendum; equal wages, and land rights.

Keywords in Australian Politics

Keywords in Australian Politics
Author: Rodney Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006-06-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780521672832

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This is What Democracy Looked Like

This is What Democracy Looked Like
Author: Alicia Yin Cheng
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Design
ISBN: 161689931X

This Is What Democracy Looked Like, the first illustrated history of printed ballot design, illuminates the noble but often flawed process at the heart of our democracy. An exploration and celebration of US ballots from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this visual history reveals unregulated, outlandish, and, at times, absurd designs that reflect the explosive growth and changing face of the voting public. The ballots offer insight into a pivotal time in American history—a period of tectonic shifts in the electoral system—fraught with electoral fraud, disenfranchisement, scams, and skullduggery, as parties printed their own tickets and voters risked their lives going to the polls.

The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation

The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation
Author: Helen Irving
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1999-12-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521573146

Published to mark the centenary of Federation, this important book explores Australia's national origins in a comprehensive and accessible way. A high-calibre team of writers has been gathered to write the first ever comprehensive, general history of Federation. Starting from the perspective of the individual colonies as they made their way towards membership of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901, the book also provides cross-referenced short alphabetical entries covering key events, people and concepts. It approaches Federation not simply as a formal political story, but as a social and cultural process, maintaining the relevance of nation-making by highlighting ongoing debates about democracy, sovereignty and progressive citizenry. A major contribution to the Centenary of Federation, this book should become a standard reference for scholars, students and general readers in the continuing discussions of Australia's future as a nation.

A Bigger Picture

A Bigger Picture
Author: Malcolm Turnbull
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages: 886
Release: 2021-10-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1743587988

In A Bigger Picture, the bestselling political memoir of 2020, Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s 29th prime minister, tells the remarkable story of his life. Now in paperback, this edition is updated with an all-new foreword by the author that sheds light on the huge political and cultural changes happening today. When Malcolm Turnbull took over the nation’s top job there was a sense of excitement in Australia. Sky-high opinion polls followed as the political outsider with a successful business, legal and media career took charge. The infighting that had dogged politics for the best part of a decade looked to be over. But a right-wing insurgency brutally cut down Turnbull’s time in office after three years, leaving many Australians asking, ‘Why?’ Exceptionally candid and compelling, A Bigger Picture is the definitive narrative of Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership. He describes how he legalised same-sex marriage, established Snowy Hydro 2.0, stood up to Donald Trump, and many more achievements – remarkable in their pace and significance, and delivered in the teeth of so much opposition. But it’s far more than just politics. Turnbull’s life has been filled with colourful characters and controversies, success and failure. From his early years in Sydney, growing up with a single father, to defending 'Spycatcher' Peter Wright against the UK government; the years representing Kerry Packer, leading the Republican Movement and making millions in business; and finally toppling Tony Abbott to become prime minister of Australia. For the first time he tells it all – in his own words. With revelatory insights on the workings of Canberra and the contentious events of Turnbull’s life, A Bigger Picture explores the strengths and vulnerabilities of one of Australia’s best-known and most dynamic business and political leaders. Lyrically written in highly readable and entertaining prose, this is a genuine page-turner that’s not just for political junkies.