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Browse all cartoonists featured in Behind the Lines.
How parties and candidates campaign for your vote.
Your guide to misinformation and democracy.
Stories and reflections from the day of the 1975 dismissal.
Common terms explained.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
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