Philip Collier News Today

Letters:<strong> Philip Collier,</strong> <strong>Dr Audrey Boucher </strong>and <strong>John O’Sullivan</strong> compare healthcare funding in France and the UK

November 23rd 1923 was the date of the first licensed radio broadcast in Australia, by 2SB in Sydney (renamed 2BL). The story of broadcast radio was highly political, commercially competitive and steeped in controversy by Kevin Poulter

The constitutional change is the continuation of the fight of our past generations, for the benefit of future ones, writes Daniel Morrison.

WA Premier Mark McGowan’s strong stance on borders has reminded many of the long streak of separateness that has defined Western Australia throughout history.

A Separate Australia Western Australia’s desire to secede as ‘Westralia’ in 1933 was undermined by a change in Britain’s attitude towards its Empire. The 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union and Scotland’s 2014 independence vote were just the latest in a long line of similar events. While Scotland joined Quebec (1995) in voting for the status quo, others such as Norway (1905) and Montenegro (2006) voted in favour of separation. One theme that seems c...