A new skirmish in the history wars

By Norman Abjorensen
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:58pm, first published June 24 2016 - 5:42pm

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull believes Australia was "invaded" by its European settlers while his predecessor, Tony Abbott, disagrees, preferring to call it an "occupation." This is not, however, about semantics: it goes to the very crux of what we are as a nation and who we are as a people.

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