Merle Thornton and Rosemary Bognor protesting at the Regatta Hotel in 1965. Photo: The Courier-Mail

A young University of Queensland postgraduate student catapulted herself to fame half a century ago – by asking for a beer at the nearby Regatta Hotel.

19 October 2016

Imagine a political system in which elections, fanatical interest groups and parliamentary slanging matches are a thing of the past.

6 October 1998