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Democracy

Democracy

Aretha Brown, a young woman, holds a banner at a protest rally with a fist raised in the air.

Stories

Stories

Black and white image of the front of Old Parliament House with a crowd of people of gathered at the foot of the stairs. The building is white with columns and an Australian flag flies at the top.

Collection

Collection

A close up of a rainbow flag covered in signatures.

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

Dual citizenship and other no-nos that will give you the boot
Democracy

Dual citizenship and other no-nos that will give you the boot

How Section 44 of the constitution can make you ineligible to serve in Parliament.

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

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

Politicians who could call themselves 'doctor'.

Leadership spills plague Australian politics, but what does our system protect us from?
Democracy

Leadership spills plague Australian politics, but what does our system protect us from?

Learn how changes in Australian political leadership compare internationally.

The Introduction of Decimal Currency: How We Avoided Nostrils and Learned to Love the Bill
History

The Introduction of Decimal Currency: How We Avoided Nostrils and Learned to Love the Bill

How Australia changed from imperial to decimal currency.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
History

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)

COLLECTION

Non-Members’ Bar life membership tags Non-Members’ Bar life membership tags

Non-Members’ Bar life membership tags

From 1946, a lively bar was provided for ‘non-members’ of parliament at the provisional Parliament House.
Souvenir elephant

Souvenir elephant

This miniature elephant is a tongue-in-cheek souvenir depicting Provisional Parliament House.

DEMOCRACY

Australian democracy Defining democracy

Australian democracy

Every democratic society is distinct. The same is true for Australia.
Defining democracy Defining democracy

Defining democracy

What is democracy?