Issue 23 - Time for new perspectives on established ideas
Issue 23 Index
It's Time™ is the online e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute.
Time for clear thinking in black and white classrooms
Frontline teacher, Ailsa Purdon, has taught and designed literacy curriculums across the NT, Sudan and South Africa. Over 40 years the literacy debate has become far more complicated than it needs to be, she says, and the literacy crisis in Aboriginal Australia has direct lessons for effective teaching in white classrooms.
National Archives 1974 Cabinet Papers release
New Year's Day 2005 marked the National Archives of Australia (NAA) release of the 1974 Whitlam cabinet papers. The NAA's selected cabinet papers reveal the inside story of a year of global uncertainty as the nation reeled from the devastation of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy. This paper was prepared by Ian Hancock, Visiting Fellow, Dictionary of Biography, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University and the National Archives historical consultant for the 1974 Cabinet records release.
1974 Cabinet Papers go public 1 January 2005
Gough Whitlam's statement at the release of Australian Government Cabinet Papers for 1974 held at the National Archives.
Exploring the myths behind anti-terrorism laws
UWS Professor of Law, Michael Head, analyses the nation's new 'anti-terror' laws.
Do you get all hot and sweaty about Australian history?
A special call to history teachers who would like to join our band of volunteers in 2005. The Whitlam Institute Schools Program is under development and we are getting ready for primary and high school groups to visit through the year. In addition we need typists to accelerate the uploading of records to the Prime Ministerial Collection, event management support for expanded activities and secretarial support in the office. At this stage we are asking for expressions of interest. Please contact the Whitlam Institute and send us your name, contact details, interests and experience.
Translating political history to address new concerns
UWS student of Australian Labour History, Maria Glaros is the first of seven students selected to be published in It's Time this month. She was part of the research group which has prepared another 100 days to be added to our online history of the Whitlam Government 1972-1975.
Building foundations for a stronger Australia
UWS student of Australian Labour history, Lisa McKenzie, contributes an overview of the Whitlam Government legacy.
Whitlam legacy placed Australia in the modern world
UWS student of Australian Labour History, Joshua Markham, looks at the thoroughly modern focus of the Whitlam Government.
Bringing the light on the hill into family homes
UWS Australian Labour History student, Rebecca Turnbull, looks beyond the dismissal to enduring achievements of the Whitlam Government.
The birth of universal health insurance
UWS student of Australian Labour History, Lisa McKenna, focuses on health reform in the late 70s.
The doctrine of positive equality
UWS student of Australian Labour History, Rebecca Fleming, examines social justice as a basic human right.
UWS student of Australian Labour History, Helen Hornung-Leis, no longer sings 'God Save the Queen'.
