Photos from the frontline

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	Once political opponents, former Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser join forces to support The Age at a rally in 1991.
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	Members of The Age Independence Committee address a press conference in 1991. From left: Michael Short, Martin Flanagan, David Wilson, Claude Forell, and Ben Potter
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	Faces in a crowd: supporters of The Age at an Independence Committee meeting at Malvern Town Hall in December 1979.
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	Public meeting, Friends of The Age at Malvern Town Hall on December 1979. Then leader of the National Party, Peter Ross-Edwards, was one of the speakers.
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	Commentator Sam Lipski addresses an Independence Committee rally in 1979 as broadcaster and columnist Phillip Adams and cartoonist Bruce Petty listen intently.
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	Managing director of David Syme & Co, Greg Taylor, The Age editor, Mike Smith, and Independence Committee representative, Claude Forell, pose with the chairman of the Fairfax board, Sir Zelman Cowen, after they signed the Charter of Independence. The charter was signed following pressure on the new owners by staff and readers.