Carolyn Holbrook

There are lessons from the achievement of the cigarette advertising ban in the 1970s that we need to apply to other corporate predators in the 2020s - gambling companies come immediately to mind. A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control: academic.oup.com/jhmas/article/…

Medicare was no sure thing in its early years. Thanks to Opposition bungling of health care policy in the 1980s, which I describe in this article, we recently celebrated 40 years of universal health insurance.The Early Years of Australian Medicare tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Please sign and share this important petition: megaphone.org.au/petitions/hand… via @megaphoneau

How an anti-war blockbuster starring Mel Gibson helped rebirth the Anzac Gallipoli legend abc.net.au/news/2025-11-2… via @ABCaustralia

Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn't fear a gambling crackdown now. @sigmundmarx @thomasjkehoe1 @Deakin theconversation.com/how-gambling-c…

Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a #gambling crackdown now. Via @SigmundMarx and @thomasjkehoe1 theconversation.com/how-gambling-c…

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: theconversation.com/how-gambling-c… via @ConversationEDU

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.

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

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/the-australian…

VOTE 1 for Sarah Forsyth's 'Motelier' in the RUSSH Literary Showcase Peoples' Choice Award! russh.com/literary-showc…...

New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser adb.anu.edu.au/biography/burn…

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/doi/full/10.11…

‘Chifley spells security’: Tracing the Origins of Contemporary Australian Security Discourse tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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

On the website, Richard Scully reviews Sebastian Smee’s Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism aph.org.au/2024/12/book-r…

When universities worry that they’ve lost their social licence, perhaps they could start by reconnecting with the communities they serve? I’ll bet that the acting VC at Wollongong - who is cutting local jobs - doesn’t even live nearby

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

Too bad these students will have to rack up a $50k debt if they want to pursue their passion for history at university:

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: aph.gov.au/bills.