Australian War Memorial allegedly defaced with pro-Palestine graffiti, police say
ACT police say man allegedly graffitied the outside of building and the ground with ‘pro-Palestine slogans’
April 2024
Australian War Memorial kept ministers in the dark on contracts for $550m redevelopment, audit finds
In two cases, contracts were split to avoid triggering $1m threshold for ministerial approval, the Australian National Audit Office says
November 2023
On Remembrance Day, Australia’s leaders are failing to learn from history
Paul Daley
TV review
The Australian Wars review – a furious exposé of a place that celebrates murderous white settlers
September 2023
Australian War Memorial installs new plaque acknowledging Ben Roberts-Smith ‘complicit in unlawful killings’
Move criticised as inadequate, with Australian Centre for International Justice saying it minimised gravity of allegations
August 2023
Australian War Memorial researchers identify 285 Indigenous servicemen who fought in the Vietnam war
A national ceremony in Canberra will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the war
June 2023
River of ink: the visual histories embedded in tattoos of Australian service personnel
Exhibition by the Australian War Memorial tells the stories of soldiers and sailors for the first time through their body art
First Dog on the Moon
A teacher explains why the Ben Roberts-Smith exhibit has been moved at the war memorial
First Dog on the Moon
It’s ‘due to recent events’
Ben Roberts-Smith: Australian War Memorial to overhaul displays involving ex-soldier
Ben Roberts-Smith: calls for uniform to be removed from Australian War Memorial display
As the Ben Roberts-Smith case proves, it’s time for Australia to abandon our farcical Anzac myths
Paul Daley
April 2023
‘Brothers in arms, a long way from home’: the first Australians to fight fascism overseas
The discovery of a rare photo from the Spanish civil war raises questions about why volunteers from Australia are not commemorated
Calls grow for Australia’s frontier wars to be remembered on Anzac Day
Unofficial acknowledgment of those killed in precolonial conflicts has grown – but commemoration is still being debated
‘We’d like the two periscopes’: the mission to save a piece of Australia’s first submarine
The AE1 was found 103 years after it sank in the first world war. Now a team hopes to salvage part of the disintegrating wreck to be preserved in a museum
February 2023
Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
Two missing after Queensland mine collapse – as it happened
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Australian War Memorial accepted more than $830,000 from arms manufacturers in three years
Figures released to Senate reignite debate on commemoration of war dead funded by companies that profit from conflict
Kim Beazley backs ‘proper recognition of frontier conflict’ at Australian War Memorial
New legal advice will allow addition as part of $500m expansion to be completed by 2028, chair says
October 2022
Postcolonial
The Australian War Memorial’s intransigence on depicting the frontier wars speaks louder than words
Paul Daley
Any meaningful shift in policy will need to amount to more than acquiring and hanging new artwork in a dedicated space
September 2022
The Anzac cloak has shielded the Australian War Memorial from criticism. Its recognition of frontier violence is long overdue
Paul Daley
Australian War Memorial promises ‘much broader, deeper’ depiction of frontier wars
