News about Malcolm Fraser

In his new role, Peter van Onselen will break exclusives and provide expert commentary on the political issues affecting everyday Australians.

After the new head of the Productivity Commission announced the possibility for the Albanese government to consider, a British writer and broadcaster has advised Australia not to 'flirt' with an inheritance tax. In a speech delivered to the Economic Society of Australia on August 30, Danielle Wood, 43, the former head of the Grattan Institute thinktank, suggested an inheritance tax. According to Ms Wood, the policy would shift some of the tax burden to older, wealthy people and away from younger people.

Footage of a massive felled native Australian tree being trucked out of Tasmania's old growth forests has sparked outrage online. A section of the massive trunk of what is believed to be a Eucalyptus regnans, the second tallest tree species in the world after the California Redwood's taking up the whole trailer. Bob Brown, a conservationist and former Greens leader, called logging of pristine forests "globally shameful."

Australia has surpassed the United Arab Emirates to become the world's most favored destination for millionaire migrants, according to the world's most favored destination for millionaire migrants. The absence of inheritance taxes, according to Tony Le Nevez, Henley & Partners' managing partner, was a significant factor, as well as visa services designed to attract the very wealthy. In 2023, Australia's Randwick Racecourse, left, and Sydney Harbour, right), is forecast to welcome 5,200 new high-net worth individuals, ahead of the UAE, Singapore, and the United States.

Phil Coles' death has been described as a'sad day for the Olympic movement.' The 91-year-old debuted in three Games before being a coach and contributing to the staging of the Olympics in his home town of Sydney.

With Senator Lidia Thorpe's tweeting that January 26 is a commemoration of "invasion, assassination, and stealing," the long debate over whether January 26 should be Australia's national day has begun online. On the other hand, singer Kamahl, who was recently embroiled in a racial controversy over his friendship with cricketer Don Bradman, has expressed his admiration for the position on Australia Day. The battlelines were split between those who believe the day is a symbol of national pride and those who say it represents the continent's original Indigenous peoples with still open wounds.

According to MIKE COLMAN, Adams may have seen a completely different side to the greatest cricketer to have ever lived if he had done his research before making the allegations on Thursday. When ABC News Australia contacted Bradman, the singer burstled him to tears.

Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (bottom right) was congratulated on his'marvellous win' in the election that came after the seminal dismissal of Gough Whitlam's (top right) Labor government. The letter goes further, instructing Fraser how to save Australia from Whitlam's "socialism," the 'ranting and raving' of Labor leaders, as well as the 'distortions' of union leaders. Despite the fact that the correspondence is 47 years old, many Aussies have been furious, with some even calling for the legendary batsman to be 'cancelled.'

The Queen's long association with Australia began in 1954 (Sydney, left) when she was 27 years old (Sydney, right). She was the only reigning British monarch to have ever visited Australia and visited 16 tours. During her reign, six Australian prime ministers were born, including Australia's first female prime minister Julia Gillard, who declined to inset in 2011. The Queen's 1992 Ruby Jubilee visit coincided with Paul Keating's first two months as Prime Minister, causing outrage when he touched her on the back (bottom, right). Sir Robert Menzies quoting a line from 17th century poet Thomas Ford in 1963 (top right) quoting a line from that period. 'I did not know her passing by, but I still love her until I die,' Sir Robert said to a blushing monarch.

Despite being close to the city in a revealing glimpse into John Howard's ascension using archival ABC video footage, a house in an upmarket suburb near Sydney Harbour was described as "very normal." The home was featured in This Day Tonight, a 1978 ABC current affairs program. The Wollstonecraft house, which is on the city's lower north shore, has been described as 'extraordinary' and will now be worth several million dollars. The essay was about the then 38-year-old federal Liberal treasurer, who went on to become Australia's second longest-serving prime minister.