Dr Benjamin T. Jones is a senior lecturer in History at Central Queensland University with expertise Australian political history, especially republicanism and national identity. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Studies Institute, and has served as Secretary of the Australian Historical Association. His most recent books are Australia on the World Stage (Routledge, 2022), History in a Post-Truth World, (Routledge, 2020) and This Time: Australia’s Republican Past and Future (Redback, 2018).