Carolyn Holbrook

Historian Deakin Uni Australia. Federalism, war memory, national security, public health, political & policy history. Director Australian Policy and History.

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

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: https://t.co/2F0uyRRRLG

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

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 https://t.co/OKEWoesNQG

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

Please sign and share this important petition: https://t.co/SlbjHrGtz4 via @megaphoneau

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

How an anti-war blockbuster starring Mel Gibson helped rebirth the Anzac Gallipoli legend https://t.co/aGCl8fYq6p via @ABCaustralia

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn't fear a gambling crackdown now. @sigmundmarx @thomasjkehoe1 @Deakin https://t.co/tcwDpWIweY

[Niall Seewang @N_Seewang]

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

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

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

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

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.

[MISHA @community_misha]

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

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

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 https://t.co/sx1UT2urlg

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

VOTE 1 for Sarah Forsyth's 'Motelier' in the RUSSH Literary Showcase Peoples' Choice Award!
https://t.co/Z3ApHMHVK2...

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

New bio on the Australian Dictionary of Biography of Netta Burns, Labor's legendary social policy adviser

https://t.co/ErVkuOBLfX

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

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 https://t.co/BHBfsUnrZ0

[Carolyn Holbrook @SigmundMarx]

‘Chifley spells security’: Tracing the Origins of Contemporary Australian Security Discourse https://t.co/79pnFnyFDt

[Amanda Dunn @amandadunn10]

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

[@austpolicyhistory @AustPolicyHist]

On the website, Richard Scully reviews Sebastian Smee’s Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism

https://t.co/QtPID7I1Je

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

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

[Australian House of Representatives @AboutTheHouse]

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.