Historian Deakin Uni Australia. Federalism, war memory, national security, public health, political & policy history. Director Australian Policy and History.
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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/artic…
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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 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Please sign and share this important petition: megaphone.org.au/petitions/h… via @megaphoneau
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How an anti-war blockbuster starring Mel Gibson helped rebirth the Anzac Gallipoli legend abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/g… via @ABCaustralia
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Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn't fear a gambling crackdown now. @sigmundmarx @thomasjkehoe1 @Deakin theconversation.com/how-gamb…
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Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a #gambling crackdown now.
Via @SigmundMarx and @thomasjkehoe1
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If, l like me, you feel angry about the amount of gambling advertising in sport, you might be interested in this piece I wrote for the Conversation with Tom Kehoe:
theconversation.com/how-gamb… via @ConversationEDU
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I enjoyed a wonderful visit to Manipal Academy of Higher Education - @MAHE_Manipal - in India last week to talk about my research on the cultural history of Medicare.
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This Friday ! Research Talk by Dr Carolyn Holbrook, Historian at the Deakin University titled ‘Health systems as cultural phenomena and national symbols: Britain’s NHS and Australian and Canadian Medicare’
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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? @sigmundmarx @Deakin theconversation.com/the-aust…
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VOTE 1 for Sarah Forsyth's 'Motelier' in the RUSSH Literary Showcase Peoples' Choice Award!
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New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bur…
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New article with David Lowe and Mia Martin Hobbs from our ARC national history project
Rise of National Security in the 1930s: An Australian Case Study - Mia Martin Hobbs, David Lowe, Carolyn Holbrook, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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‘Chifley spells security’: Tracing the Origins of Contemporary Australian Security Discourse tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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First copy of a new @ConversationEDU book, featuring some of the finest minds in the country, including Anne Twomey, @michellegrattan, @fbongiornoanu , @c_s_wallace, @DrDemography and many more! Out March 2025
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On the website, Richard Scully reviews Sebastian Smee’s Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
aph.org.au/2024/12/book-revi…
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Wow @ALeighMP 🤯🤦♂️
The Govt has not one but TWO paths to gambling ad reform through Senate.
1) A partial ban (which experts say won’t work) with support of Coalition
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2) Total ban as recommended by Peta Murphy with support of crossbench
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The Member for Goldstein @zdaniel has introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024 in the House this morning.
ℹ To find out more, see: aph.gov.au/bills.
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Housing affordability in 🇦🇺 is the worst it’s ever been yet the major parties won’t back my bill requiring them to have 10-year national plan for housing and homelessness 🤯
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Lots of great coverage around today of @NTEUnion’s new report highlighting the deep governance crisis in universities. The findings are clear: enough is enough. We need a federal parliamentary inquiry into this broken system. Story from @caitecassidy
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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