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MoAD and the Courtyard Cafe are open. Some exhibitions and rooms will be closed from September 2025 for essential building works. Learn more
The Cairns Post serves the Cairns area. It has daily coverage on local, state, national and world news.
Your guide to voting in Australian elections.
Hear audio descriptions of political cartoons from Behind the Lines exhibitions.
How the head of the government can lose their position.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
Is the dismissal of an elected government an event that could happen in countries other than Australia?
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.
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