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Australian Policy & History works to link historians with policy-makers, the media and the Australian public. We aim to inform public debate and promote better public policy-making through an understanding of history. See what we do and who we are.
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Latest News
CAL Funding Extended to 31 December, 2010
To date, Australian Policy and History have awarded $3500 in CAL Grant funding to contributors to APH. This includes four 'Hot Topic Grants' and three 'Early Career Researcher Grants'. With the extension of CAL funding to 31 December, 2010, this leaves $16 500 to be awarded over the next five and a half months. Be sure to get your contributions in soon!
CAL Grants for APH contributors
To assist in establishing the website, we are delighted to announce that Australian Policy & History has been awarded a Copyright Agency Limited or CAL Cultural Fund Early Career Grants and the CAL Cultural Fund Hot Topic Grants.
CAL Cultural Fund Early Career Grants
These grants [$500 each] are specifically to promote the work of ‘early career’ historians. We encourage submissions from those wishing to write short, opinion style pieces of around 800 words. Post-graduate students are encouraged to apply. For details on submission guidelines, see submit an article.
CAL Cultural Fund Hot Topic Grants
These grants [$500] are for historians who submit short, opinion style pieces to APH and whose subject matter are deemed by the steering committee to be of most relevance and interest. For details on submission guidelines, see submit an article.
Recent Articles
Articles recently published online include:
Hazaras' Persecution Worsens: Will the New Government show Leadership by lifting the Suspension on Afghani Asylum Claims?
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/hazarasPersecution.htm
Denise Phillips,
PhD Candidate, University of New England (UNE)
Addressing the Challenges of the National Curriculum
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/addressingChallenges.htm
Nathan Wise
School of Humanities, University of New England (UNE)
Mining, Myths and making it up in Western Australia
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/miningMyths.htm
Andrew Thackrah
Postgraduate candidate, School of Humanities, University of Western Australia
The Liberal Campaign and the Myth of Rescue
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/theLiberal.htm
Sarah Burnside
Australia's New National Curriculum and the Future of History
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/australiaNew.htm
Tony Joel,
School of History, Heritage and
Society, Deakin University
Empire, Imperialism, the United States and Australia
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/empireImperialism.htm
Murray Noonan,
PhD Candidate, School of Communication and the Arts, Victoria University
Policy Reforms and Homeland Security: The Question of Organisation
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/policyReforms.htm
Chad Whelan,
School of History, Heritage and Society, Deakin University
The Abuse of History: The Use of the Nazi Analogy in Contemporary
Euthanasia Debate
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/theAbuse.htm
Mark Humphries,
School of History, Heritage and Society, Deakin University
Julia Gillard as Prime Minister
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/juliaGillard.htm
Beverley Kingston,
Visiting Research Fellow, School of History and Philosophy, UNSW)
Bidding for and Hosting a World Cup
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/biddingFor.htm
Roy Hay,
Sports and Editorial Services Australia (SESA)
Repackaging History for Policy Purposes
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/repackagingHistory.htm
Francesca Beddie,
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
Australia’s Relations with India: Some of the History
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/australiaRelations.htm
Eric Meadows,
Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University
Displaced Persons and Public Memory
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/displacedPersons.htm
Jayne Persian,
Department of History, University of Sydney
Fuel Mandates have a History of Success and a Lesson for Bio Fuels Implementation
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/fuelMandates.htm
Troy Whitford,
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University
What's Wrong with Anzac?
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/whatsWrong.htm
Marilyn Lake,
Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
National Security and Immigration in Australia’s Twentieth Century History
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/nationalSecurity.htm
Mark Finnane,
ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University
Precious but Partial? Some Comments on the Nomination of Australian Convict Sites for World Heritage Listing
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/preciousBut.htm
David Andrew Roberts,
School of Humanities, University of New England
Tax Review and the Big Picture
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/taxReview.htm
Roy Hay,
Sports and Editorial Services Australia (SESA)
Great Disasters in Human History: Still Burning Books in the Age of Information
http://www.aph.org.au/files/articles/greatDisasters.htm
Bronwyn Hopwood,
School of Humanities, University of New England