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These activity ideas support caring for the local environment, decision making and being you.
Personal writing from PM Alfred Deakin.
Learn about Adela Pankhurst’s suffrage activism and her mistakes.
What prompted these politicians to leave their party of origin?
From 1946, a lively bar was provided for ‘non-members’ of parliament at the provisional Parliament House.
Discover where the debates, drama and business of parliament was broadcast.
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