By Richard Stone Reviews of the recently declassified cabinet papers from the Howard coalition government twenty years ago in mainstream Australian media have tended to gloss over the significance of two closely related matters. Other related declassified material, already in the public domain, however, can be easily accessed to show how controversial matters have been down-played to enable Canberra to …

By Richard Stone The passing of a former senior member of the Quadrant publication has provided a glimpse of how a section of the far-right managed to hide their political associations and masquerade under a mantle of respectability in order to influence public opinion. The group aimed primarily at influencing decision-makers inside the corridors of power, academia and other related …