Don Dunstan

Thursday, April 02

Recasting Don Dunstan's life after politics

Book extract: Don Dunstan may have been passed over for several key roles after retiring from politics, but a new biography argues that his active involvement in global issues led to ‘what must have been one of the most memorable moments of his life’.

Remembering Don Dunstan: Necessary nuance and correcting the record

Don Dunstan’s career deserves celebration but we don’t need to give him unnuanced and sole credit for initiatives that were shared projects, writes Bannon-era Attorney-General Chris Sumner in this riposte to one of his Labor predecessors.

Gough Whitlam and Don Dunstan at The Lodge in 1973. Photo: naa.gov.au

Dunstan anniversaries a time for celebration - and anger

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Don Dunstan’s death, cabinet colleague Peter Duncan recalls his achievements and rails against his treatment by South Australia’s political class.

Time and place: Norm Mitchell and cartoon politics in the '70s

For 30 years, cartoonist Norm Mitchell charted a tumultuous time of social change in Adelaide. In the latest installment in our series on significant South Australian places, people and things, we look at Mitchell’s career at The News, and one particular cartoon that summed up a political era.

Inauthentic "vibrancy" is damaging SA's shrinking arts sector

Every South Australian arts institution and form has shrunk on the Weatherill Government’s watch – and the “vibrancy” agenda isn’t helping, argues veteran Adelaide arts administrator Rainer Jozeps.