Carolyn Holbrook
@SigmundMarx
Followers
2K
Following
19K
Media
182
Statuses
12K
Historian Deakin Uni Australia. Federalism, war memory, national security, public health, political & policy history. Director Australian Policy and History.
Melbourne
Joined November 2011
Please sign and share this important petition: https://t.co/SlbjHrGtz4 via @megaphoneau
megaphone.org.au
Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections...
0
0
0
How an anti-war blockbuster starring Mel Gibson helped rebirth the Anzac Gallipoli legend https://t.co/aGCl8fYq6p via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
By the 80s, the story of the Anzacs at Gallipoli had started to fade from the public consciousness. Then an Australian anti-war filmmaker had an idea.
0
0
1
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn't fear a gambling crackdown now. @sigmundmarx @thomasjkehoe1 @Deakin
theconversation.com
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now.
0
2
4
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a #gambling crackdown now. Via @SigmundMarx and @thomasjkehoe1
https://t.co/BGKQwrjCty
theconversation.com
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now.
0
2
2
If, l like me, you feel angry about the amount of gambling advertising in sport, you might be interested in this piece I wrote for the Conversation with Tom Kehoe: https://t.co/WArMByvaKR via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now.
0
0
4
I enjoyed a wonderful visit to Manipal Academy of Higher Education - @MAHE_Manipal - in India last week to talk about my research on the cultural history of Medicare.
0
0
3
This Friday ! Research Talk by Dr Carolyn Holbrook, Historian at the Deakin University titled ‘Health systems as cultural phenomena and national symbols: Britain’s NHS and Australian and Canadian Medicare’ @Deakin
@SigmundMarx
0
1
3
Chris Masters' book on Ben Roberts-Smith was chosen to win the Australian War Memorial's Les Carlyon Prize for Military History. But the prize wasn't awarded. Why? @sigmundmarx @Deakin
theconversation.com
Chris Masters’ book on Ben Roberts-Smith was chosen to win the Australian War Memorial’s Les Carlyon Prize for Military History. But the prize wasn’t awarded. Why?
1
4
10
VOTE 1 for Sarah Forsyth's 'Motelier' in the RUSSH Literary Showcase Peoples' Choice Award! https://t.co/Z3ApHMHVK2...
russh.com
These writers all in the running to be awarded as our Readers' Choice Winner – as selected by you, our readers. It's time to cast your vote.
0
1
0
New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser https://t.co/ErVkuOBLfX
0
0
8
New article with David Lowe and Mia Martin Hobbs from our ARC national history project Rise of National Security in the 1930s: An Australian Case Study - Mia Martin Hobbs, David Lowe, Carolyn Holbrook, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
This article traces the evolution of ‘national security’ from a rarely used phrase to a central concept within Australian political life. Where existing genealo...
0
3
12
‘Chifley spells security’: Tracing the Origins of Contemporary Australian Security Discourse
tandfonline.com
Strong claims have been made about the significance of the concept of security in modern governance. The study of security has developed from its post-1945 focus on the state’s role in securing the...
1
2
7
First copy of a new @ConversationEDU book, featuring some of the finest minds in the country, including Anne Twomey, @michellegrattan, @fbongiornoanu , @c_s_wallace, @DrDemography and many more! Out March 2025
7
12
31
On the website, Richard Scully reviews Sebastian Smee’s Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism https://t.co/QtPID7I1Je
aph.org.au
Richard Scully reviews Sebastian Smee’s Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism, (Melbourne: Text, 2024). The understanding of French Impressionism has always been bound up with...
0
2
3
Wow @ALeighMP 🤯🤦♂️ The Govt has not one but TWO paths to gambling ad reform through Senate. 1) A partial ban (which experts say won’t work) with support of Coalition OR 2) Total ban as recommended by Peta Murphy with support of crossbench
27
103
432
The Member for Goldstein @zdaniel has introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024 in the House this morning. ℹ To find out more, see: https://t.co/n4Wxv7W0lS.
19
29
104
Housing affordability in 🇦🇺 is the worst it’s ever been yet the major parties won’t back my bill requiring them to have 10-year national plan for housing and homelessness 🤯 https://t.co/32oL5u7uLO
155
207
958
Lots of great coverage around today of @NTEUnion’s new report highlighting the deep governance crisis in universities. The findings are clear: enough is enough. We need a federal parliamentary inquiry into this broken system. Story from @caitecassidy
https://t.co/GcGozL2HBj
theguardian.com
Union says average vice-chancellor gets paid almost double the prime minister, with salaries seemingly ‘plucked from thin air’
0
24
55