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POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

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Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

The Apology 10 years on

The Apology 10 years on

One writer's thoughts on the Apology to Indigenous Australians.

We’re gonna party like it’s 1988!

We’re gonna party like it’s 1988!

How the move to Australian Parliament House was celebrated.

A perfect dress rehearsal for the grand opening of Parliament House

A perfect dress rehearsal for the grand opening of Parliament House

How preparations in 1926 were made for the opening of Parliament House in 1927.

Who knew that toilets would have such a complicated history?

Who knew that toilets would have such a complicated history?

How women corrected an old planning oversight at Old Parliament House.

A doctor in the house? Five doctors who served in the Commonwealth Parliament

A doctor in the house? Five doctors who served in the Commonwealth Parliament