Robert J Hawke – A Biography by Blanche d’Alpuget – USED used paperback: .1984 edition – in good condition Get the new Bob Hawke Prime Minister Book by Blanche d’Alpuget click here Get Other Books on Bob Hawke Prime Minister click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here Leadership largely is the essence of political life. Bob Hawke has been a leader in every arena he entered — academia student affairs the trade union movement and federal politics. He won four Federal Elections in a row a feat achieved by no other Labor Prime Minister. This is his own account of his remarkable life. A man of destiny pragmatist and visionary with plans for national reconciliation and for creating a new role for Australia in world affairs Hawke challenged much of the conventional wisdom of public life and brought an extraordinary sense of purpose to his government. His leadership coincided with the eighties; he and his Treasurer and later arch rival Paul Keating embraced the expansive mood of the time and set out to make Australia internationally competitive an ambition which has been l additional info…..
The End of Certainty – Paul Kelly – The Story of the 1980s Used paperback: .1992 edition Paperback book good condition. The End of Certainty is a classic study of power personality and national destiny. From boom to recession Hawke to Keating and Labor’s victory for the ‘true believers’ in 1993 Paul Kelly has written the ultimate inside story of how the 1980s changed Australia and its political parties forever. His detailed scrutiny of the inner working of the Hawke-Keating partnership and its slow disintegration his unravelling of the crippling rivalries for the Liberal Party leadership and his burrowing into cabinet room struggles over the deregulation of Australia’s financial system reveal the brutal realities of Australian politics and how it is played at the very top. But above all he reminds us of the sheer pace of economic and social change the country lived through and the wake of uncertainty it left behind. About the Author Paul Kelly Paul Kelly is the author of six successful books. The Unmaking of Gough (1976) later titled The Dismissal (198 more data
The Reluctant Republic – Malcolm Turnbull Used softback: .1993 edition very good condition Malcolm Turnbull writing in support of the Republic 1993 Get other Books about Malcolm Turnbull click here About the Author Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) Australian politician was the Federal Minister for Environment and Water Resources until November 2007. He is a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Wentworth in Sydney’s eastern suburbs since October 2004. Before entering parliamentary politics he practiced as a barrister was a merchant banker and was leader of the Australian Republican Movement. In light of the Liberal Party’s defeat at the Federal elections a full details
Felicia by Don Dunstan Used hardback: .1981 edition hard back good condition – clean book tight binding – minor scuffing to boards at corners – no other marks tears – loose or missing pages some fading to the spine of the dustcover Get other Books about Don Dunstan click here Macmillan 1981 328 pp. indexed 8 pp black and white photographs photographic illustrated dust wrapper. The memoirs of a one of the most colourful and controversial figures in Australias Political History. A Labor party politician whose charisma and sense of social justice enabled him to institute changes in South Australia that were soon echoed elsewhere in Australia. About the Author Don Dunstan Donald Allan Dunstan was born in Suva Fiji on 21 September 1926. After early schooling he transferred to South Australia and attended Murray Brid lots more
Keating – A Biography by Edna Carew – USED Used : .1988 edition a rare hardback copy – book is in good condition slight tear to the dust jacket The biography of Paul Keating written in 1988 while he was still treasurer About the subject Paul Keating Paul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996. He came to prominence as the reformist Treasurer in the Hawke government from 1983. As Prime Minister he is noted for his many legislative achievements and his victory in the 1993 federal election which many had considered "unwinnable" for Labor. In his second term however his "big picture" policies failed to impress an electorate that was increasingly concerned about eco more data
The Ivanov Trail – David Marr – USED Used paperback: .1984 edition in good condition Get Other Books on Bob Hawke Prime Minister at the time click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here The Ivanov Trail – a bizarre and compelling account of espionage ambition and power-play David Marr is the author of the bestselling biography Barwick and one-time editor of the National Times. As a journalist and lawyer he covered ‘the Combe affair’ and the ensuing Hope Royal Commission from beginning to end. He has extracted a gripping narrative from the criss-cross of events the mountain of transcripts and his own research. Here at last is the real story of how David Combe reaching for the big time came up against a determined prime minister and the government’s national security committee. Marr shows exactly what Combe did to attract the special attention of ASIO; why lvanov was expelled; howASIO thinks and works – and involves itself in the personal lives of Australian citi come here
The Hawke Years by Stephen Mills – USED used paperback: .1993 edition – in good condition Get Other Books on Bob Hawke Prime Minister at the time click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here Bob Hawke won four elections in a row; feat achieved by no other Labor Prime Minister. Pragmatist or visionary with plans for consensus and national reconciliation? Stephen Mills Hawke’s speechwriter for more than four years throws new light on Hawke’s character and style. He reveals that Hawke considered dumping Keating even before they were sworn into government in 1983 — and that he explored a secret bid to negotiate with Saddam Hussein before the outbreak of the Gulf War. The Hawke Years unravels the puzzle in tracing Hawke’s career from the 1970s to the 1990s —from the dashed hopes of the Whitlam years to an unprecedented period of Labor government. About Bob Hawke Robert more information…..
The Confessions of Clyde Cameron 1913-1990 – as told to Daniel Connell Used hardback: .1990 edition in excellent condition hard cover book is in good condition – clean book tight binding – - no other marks tears – no loose or missing pages dustjacket – boards in excellent condition The Confessions of Clyde Cameron spans nearly eight decades of Australian social and political history. Whether Clyde Cameron is discussing his mother the Aboriginal Camerons getting paid for shearing his first sheep even though it died in his hands working the sheds along the river Darling as a union official corruption in the AWU his admiration for South Australian Liberal Premier Tom Playford Don Dunstan spurning his advice to change his accent and add more padding to the shoulders of his suit coats intervention into the Victorian Branch in 1970 his dismissal from the Ministry of Labour and Immigration or his recent career as an click the link
The Spy Catcher Trial – Malcolm Turnbull Used 1988 edition ex-library book hardback in good condition (however part of the title page is cut) Get other Books about Malcolm Turnbull click here Spycatcher details the author’s work seeking to discover a Soviet mole in MI5 and that the said mole was Roger Hollis — a former MI5 Director General; it also describes people who might have or might not have been the mole; and renders a history of MI5 by chronicling its principal officers from the 1930s to his time in service. Moreover Spycatcher tells of the MI6 plot to assassinate President Nasser during the Suez Crisis; of joint MI5-CIA plotting against left-wing British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (secretly accused of being a KGB agent by the Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn); and of MI5’s eavesdropping on high-level Commonwealth conferences. Wright examines the techniques of intelligence services exposes their ethics (speculative until that time) notably their 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get caught and explains many MI5 electronic technologies (some of which he developed) for instance allowing clever further data
Margaret Whitlam – A Biography by Susan Mitchell Used Hardback – ex-library in good condition Get other Books about Gough Whitlam click here Get other books about the 1975 dismissal click here Get other books about Margaret Whitlam click here “I came to represent all the ungainly people the too-tall ones the too-fat ones and the housebound as I had been who’d never get the chance to go to China or Buckingham Palace and experienced it all through me”. (Margaret Whitlam). Margaret Whitlam has been in the public eye for over forty years. As the controversial wife of a prime minister she is a household name and an Australian identity in her own right. Many people already feel as if they know her and they do in a sense. However this biography reveals for the first time the private life behind the public events to which she was both a witness and a participant. Susan Mitchell first interviewed Margaret Whitlam for her book “The Matriarchs” after which they became friends. Now as a more advice
Kerr’s King Hit – Clem Lloyd and Andrew Clark Used paperback: .1976 edition (Good condition ) 270 pages Journalists at the time – this is their interpretation of why Sir John Kerr sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam with a history of the Whitlam goverment A Rare Book About The Dismissal: The Dismissal The Opposition would not have been able to follow this course if the Senate elected in 1974 had remained intact. Although one of the two independents joined the Liberal Party the other Steele Hall was opposed to blocking supply and this would have been sufficient to prevent such a course being followed. The change in the composition of the Senate which made the constitutional crisis of 1975 possible was brought about by two appointments to fill vacancies in the Senate which under the Australian Constitution are made by the State Parliaments. Since the introduction of proportional representation for Senate elections in 1949 there ha considerably more details
The Hawke-Keating Hijack – Dean Jaensch – Bob Hawke Prime Minister – USED used paperback: .1989 edition – good condition Get Other Books on Bob Hawke Prime Minister at the time click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here Six years after Bob Hawke’s victory what is the ALP ? Since 1983 almost every component of the ethos structure and practice of the Labor Party has been questioned changed ignored or abandoned. The changes include new policies new sources of support a transformation of doctrine and significant alterations to the way the party decides on policy. Journalists the Opposition and rank-and-file party members have had much to say about the fate of Australia’s oldest party but few can give the voter a full picture of what has happened why it happened and where it’s leading. "The Hawke–Keating hijack" goes beyond the rhetoric to reveal the forces behind the remaking of Labor politics. From the Introduction: In 1973 Henry Mayer wrote: ‘Badly nee related info
The Cameron Diaries – Clyde Cameron Used hardback: .1990 edition in good condition The years 1976 and 1977 following the dismissal were critical for the Australian Labor Party. Clyde Cameron no longer a Shadow Minister turned his energies to influencing the outcome of the leadership battle to oust Gough Whitlam and to completing his daily political diary which he had kept for 31 years. The Cameron Diaries cover every aspect of Australian political life reaching back to 1949. They contain some of the most astounding revelations ever published on the inner workings of the Labor Party – the influence of the unions the factional power struggles between the Centre Left and Right the Loans affair political appointments and patronage the sackings of Ministers the modus operandi of the Public Service and how the Party deals with lobbying by big business interests. Personal strengths and weak more…..
Hawke an Emotional Life – Stan Anson- Bob Hawke Prime Minister – USED used paperback: .1992 edition – good condition Get Other Books on Bob Hawke Prime Minister at the time click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here `As a child Hawke was neither profusely indulged nor cruelly neglected. Consequently his narcissism is less assertive and impregnable than say Gough Whitlam’s less depressive and defensive than say Winston Churchill’s. The future Prime Minister was certainly a spoiled child in the everyday sense yet it appears that some critical intangible things were unconsciously withheld from him …’ Bob the Silver Bodgie the Right Honourable the Prime Minister R. J. Hawke. A man for all seasons or a hero without a face of his own? Throughout his thirty years on the public stage Bob Hawke has inhabited m more tips
Robert Menzies Forgotten People – Judith Brett USED – 1992 edition paperback in ex-library in average condition Get other Books about Sir Robert Menzies click here In 1941 RG Menzies delivered to war-time Australia what was to be his richest most creative speech and one of his most influential. The Forgotten People was a direct address to the Australian middle class the "people" who would return him to power in 1949 and keep him there until his retirement in 1966. Who were these forgotten people? The middle-class pitting their values of hard work and independence against the collectivist ethos of labour? Women shunning the class-based politics of men? The parents of Menzies’ childhood in the small country town of Jeparit? And how did this relate to his fe more info
The Unmaking of Gough – by Paul Kelly Get other Books about Gough Whitlam click here Get other books about the 1975 dismissal click here Used paperback: .1976 edition in good condition fading to spine. On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam’s reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition’s scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam famous for his ‘crash through or crash’ style refused to compromise with his political enemies. After consulting secretly with the Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser and the Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick Kerr abruptly informed the PM that he had withdrawn his commission. Half an hour later Kerr swore Fraser in as ‘caretaker Prime Minister’. At an election a month later the conservatives were returned to office details
The Dismissal – by Paul Kelly Reprint of the Unmaking of Gough to tie in with 1983 TV mini-series Used paperback: .1983 edition in good condition On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr sacked the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The Dismissal was the culmination of almost three years of political conflict as Whitlam’s reforming Labor government rammed home overdue legislative reforms in the face of implacable and increasingly bitter conservative opposition. The focus of the Opposition’s scheming was the Senate where its leaders blocked supply in order to force a political crisis. Whitlam famous for his ‘crash through or crash’ style refused to compromise with his political enemies. After consulting secretly with the Opposition Leader Malcolm Fraser and the Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick Kerr abruptly informed the PM that he had withdrawn his commission. Half an hour later Kerr swore Fraser in as ‘caretaker Prime Minister’. At an election a month later the conservatives were returned to office. Controversy and recrimination followed. Many Australians including Whitlam himself believed he had been the victim of a coup. Th click
Robert J Hawke – A Biography by Blanche d’Alpuget – USED used paperback: .1984 edition – in good condition Get Other Books on Bob Hawke Prime Minister at the time click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here Leadership largely is the essence of political life. Bob Hawke has been a leader in every arena he entered — academia student affairs the trade union movement and federal politics. He won four Federal Elections in a row a feat achieved by no other Labor Prime Minister. This is his own account of his remarkable life. A man of destiny pragmatist and visionary with plans for national reconciliation and for creating a new role for Australia in world affairs Hawke challenged much of the conventional wisdom of public life and brought an extraordinary sense of purpose to his government. His leadership coincided with the eighties; he and his Treasurer and later arch rival Paul Keating embraced the expansive mood of the time and set out to make Australia internationally competitive an ambition which has been largely achieved. As Australia more information…..
Sir Robert Menzies an informal Memoir – by Sir Percy Joske USED – paperback in good condition Get other Books about Sir Robert Menzies click here ROBERT GORDON MENZIES – Loved hated and revered throughout his life. To some he was a master politician a ‘prince among men’ a colossus bestriding his time; to other he appeared aloof and arrogant an autocrat a one-man parliament. This personal memoir by the Honourable Sir Percy Joske G.M.C. Q.C. a close personal friend and colleague of Menzies his values and beliefs. About the subject Sir Robert Menzies Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) Australian politician was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia. His first term as Prime Minister commenced in 1939 after the death in office of the United Australia Party leader Joseph Lyons and a short-term interim premiership by Sir Earle Page. His party narrowly won the 1940 election which produced the first hung parliam more information…..
The Hawke Government: A Critical Retrospective – USED Edited by Susan Ryan and Troy Bramston used paperback: .2003 edition – in good condition Get Other Books on Bob Hawke click here Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here Puts on the record for the first time the candid views of cabinet ministers political insiders and commentators who provide a unique insight into the nature of leadership and the struggles of government. Contributors include: Kim Beazley Neil Blewett John Button Anne Davies David Day Pat Dodson Bob Hogg Brian Howe Barry Jones Bill Kelty Geoff Kitney Susan Ryan Phillip Toyne and Ralph Willis About Bob Hawke Robert James Lee "Bob" Hawke AC (born 9 December 1929) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister. After a decade as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions he entered politics at the 1980 elections and became Prime Minister within t click
A Certain grandeur – Gough Whitlam in Politics Used hardback: .1977 edition good condition – dust jacket torn Graham Freudenberg sympathetic story of Gough Whitlam’s rise as leader of the Labor Party and fall as Prime Minister dismissed by the Governor -General Sir John Kerr About the Author Graham Freudenberg (born 1934) is an Australian author and political speechwriter who worked in the Australian Labor Party for over forty years beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell’s press secretary in June 1961. He has written over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level. These have included Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam Bob Hawke Neville Wran Barrie Unsworth and Bob Carr. In June 2005 he was inducted as a life member of the NSW ALP. About Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916) known as Gough Whitlamis an Australian former p click to go
The Dismissal – TV Mini – Series on DVD (Brand New and in stock) Region 4 DVD (Australia) – 2 Discs – 270 minutes The constituional crisis that eminated from the sacking of the Australian prime Minister Gough Whitlam on Nov 11 1975 still reverberates to this day. The 1983 mini-series from Kennedy Miller brings to life every extra-ordinary detail and still rates as one of the most watched television in Australia. The Dismissal features one of the best Australian casts ever assembled including Max Phipps John Mellion John Stanton Ruth Cracknell Bill Hunter John Hargraves Nancy Hayes Ed Devereaux Robyn Nevin and many more. About the Dismissal The crisis of 1975 might not have occurred had the Senate as elected in 1974 maintained its member status. The crisis was precipitated by the Senate delaying the Whitlam government’s money (Supply) bill. Although one of the two independents Michael Townley joined the Liberal Party the other Steele Hall was opposed to blocking supply and this would have been sufficie click to go
Don’t you worry about that! – The Joh Bjelke-Petersen Memoirs used hardback: .1990 edition – in good condition The Memiors of Joh Bjelke-Petersen Other Books on Joh Bjelke-Petersen About Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005) New Zealand-born Australian politician was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of the state of Queensland. He held office from 1968 to 1987 a period that saw considerable economic development in the state. His uncompromising conservatism (including his role within the downfall of the Whitlam federal government) his political longevity and his leadership of a government that in its latter years was revealed to be institutionally corrupt made him one of the best-known political figures in twentieth-century Australia. Bjelke-Petersen was born in Dannevirke in the Southern Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand and lived in Waipukurau a small town in Hawke’s Bay. Bjelke-Petersen’s parents were both Danish immigrants and his father Carl was a Lutheran pastor. In 1913 the family left for Australia mov additional info…..
My Other World – Margaret Whitlam – Paperback Get other Books about Gough Whitlam click here Get other books about the 1975 dismissal click here Get other books about Margaret Whitlam click here One of Australia’s best-loved public figures tells the very personal story of her great love for travelling. Description The coach waiting for us at the airport was driven by Richard. His only English words were ‘no problem’ but he was an excellent driver negotiating the sometimes tortuous French roads in his big white bus…On the first tour we kept noticing a small car that seemed to be following us. Day after day with the same attractive driver. Eventually the penny dropped… she was Richard’s partner. She caught up with him each evening but didn’t want to intrude. When we realised the situation we warmly welcomed Silvie into our group… For almost ten years Margaret W click here
On Australia’s Constitution – by E.G. Whitlam (Gough Whitlam) Used paperback: .1977 edition (Good Condition) Widescope 1977. 374 p.. Get other books by and about Gough Whitlam click here A collection of speeches dating from 1957 to 1975 made by Gough Whitlam addressing the issue of Australias Constitution. Includes the Australian Labor Party policy speeches given by Gough Whitlam in 1972 1974 and 1975. About The Australian Constitution: The Constitution of Australia is the law under which the Australian Commonwealth Government operates. It consists of several documents. The most important is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Constitution was approved in referendums held over 1898 – 1900 by the people of the Australian colonies and the approved draft was en more here…..
Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister – Peter Walsh – USED Used hardback: .1995 edition ex-library book in average condition Get Other Books on Australian Politics in the 1980s click here Peter Walsh always had the reputation of Being the ‘hard man’ of the Labor overnment during the 1980s. He was closely involved with all aspects of economic policy ranging from the systematic and far-reaching deregulation of our financial system to the relentless cutting of government expenditure. He had the stamina and the conviction to cope with the arguments at the endless meetings of the Expenditure Review Committee — and the inner fortitude to say ‘NO’ to a whole range of special interest groups. But Peter Walsh didn’t go into politics to stop people doing things. He joined the Labor Party because he believed in social justice and reform and entered the Senate to fight for Labor policy and principles. Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister is his story of those years in politics. He entered the Parliament thinking that the economic ‘experts’ knew more…..
Recollections of a Bleeding Heart – Don Watson – A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Used Softcover: .2002 edition Soft cover book is in good condition – clean book tight binding – - no other marks tears – no loose or missing pages 1st Edition Get other Books about Paul Keating click here Don Watson’s brilliant award-winning and best-selling biography of Paul Keating now in paperback. Since its publication in March 2002 RECOLLECTIONS OF A BLEEDING HEART has sold over 50 000 copies and won a string of prestiguous awards including The Age Book of the Year and Best Non-fiction book The Courier-Mail Book of the Year and the National Biography Award. Political commentator – and himself a Keating biographer – Michael Gordon calls the book ‘a masterpiece…simply the best inside account of life politics and combat inside the highest office of the land ever written.’ Don Watson was employed as Keating’s speechwriter in 1992 less than a month after Keating took the country’s top job. extra
The Quiet Revolution – Jim Cairns – Original 1972 edition Used paperback: .1972 edition average condition – coming away from spine First published before the eve of the historic election of the Australian Labor Party in 1972. About the subject Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 – 12 October 2003) Australian politician was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He was also a prominent economist and a prolific writer on economic and social issues. Early days Jim Cairns was born in Carlton then a working-class suburb of Melbourne the son of a clerk. He grew up on a dairy farm north of Sunbury. His father went to the First World War as a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Forces but became disillusioned with the war and lost his respect for Britain. He did not return to Australia. Following the war he essentially deserted information
The Quiet Revolution – Jim Cairns – Revised 1975 edition Used paperback: .1975 edition good condition First published before the eve of the historic election of the Australian Labor Party in 1972 and revised in 1975. About the author Jim Cairns James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 – 12 October 2003) Australian politician was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. He is best remembered as a leader of the movement against Australian involvement in the Vietnam War for his affair with Junie Morosi and for his later renunciation of conventional politics. He was also a prominent economist and a prolific writer on economic and social issues. Early days Jim Cairns was born in Carlton then a working-class suburb of Melbourne the son of a clerk. He grew up on a dairy farm north of Sunbury. His father went to the First World War as a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Forces but became disillusioned with the war and lost his respect click here
Killen – Inside Australian Politics – Jim Killen Used Hardback: .1985 edition Hardback book is in good condition Jim Killens Biography covering from the 1950s to the 1980s including the Dimissal of the Whitlam Goverment About the subject Jim Killen (Sir James Killen) Sir Denis James "Jim" Killen AC KCMG (23 November 1925 Dalby Queensland Australia – 12 January 2007 Brisbane Queensland Australia) was an Australian politician. Killen was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland where he graduated in law. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. After the war he worked on the land before returning to Brisbane. In 1949 he joined the new Liberal Party of Australia an further data
Julia Gillard feature in the Australian Womens Weekly August 2010 Used in good condition magazine Australia’s first female Prime Minister was on the cover of the August edition of Australia’s most influential women’s magazine The Australian Women’s Weekly. In a 13-page spread Ms Julia Gillard speaks on her long-term relationship with Tim Mathieson and her choice not to have children. About Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th Prime Minister of Australia .Gillard was elected at the 1998 federal election to the House of Representatives seat of Lalor Victoria for the Australian Labor Party. Following the 2001 federal election Gillard was elected to the shadow cabinet with the portfolios of Population and Immigration. The Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs and the Health portfolios were added in 2003. In December 2006 Kevin Rudd was elected Labor leader and Leader of the Opposition with Gillard as deputy leader. Gillard be more tips
The Latham Diaries by Mark Latham Good condition hardback: .2005 edition Mark Latham resigned from parliament in January 2005 after only fourteen months as leader of the Opposition amid bitter post- election recrimination and how own ill health. This provides a unique view into the life of a man the Party and the nation at a crucial time in Australian history. About Mark Latham Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961) a former Australian politician was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. Latham captured national attention and initially high levels of public approval with his policies and unconventional approac click here…..
The Measure of the Years by Sir Robert Menzies USED – hardback with dustjacket in good condition 1970 edition signed by Sir Robert Menzies to "Hannah" who was Lady Lloyd-Jones in 1970 Get other Books about Sir Robert Menzies click here The Measure of the Years contains the reminiscences of the most distinguished and best-loved Commonwealth statesman. The record of those eighteen years during which he presided over the making of modern Australia is the heart of this book. Sir Robert provides an enlightening account of Australia’s role in the development of South-East Asia; of the vital ANZUS treaty with New Zealand and the United States the keystone of the new Pacific structure and a forerunner of SEATO; and of the burying of the hatchet with Japan. He records wide reforms in economic policy and the social ser additional info…..
Labor to Power – Henry Mayer – Australia’s 1972 Election Used hardback: .1973 edition good condition – some fading to spine Labor to power comprises more than 60 articles – by political scientists journalists elected and defeated candidates and more – on Australias 1972 election. About the Australian 1972 Federal Election The elections were held in Australia on 2 December 1972. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives. No Senate seats were up for election on that day because their terms ended although Queensland did hold a by-election for a single Senate seat because it had fallen vacant when Liberal Senator Annabelle Rankin resigned in 1971. The Queensland Parliament’s temporary appointee Neville Bonner (Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator) faced and won a by-election held in conjunction with the next House of Representatives following as required by Section 15 of the Constitution before it was amended by referendum in 1977. The Li more details…..
My Other World – Margaret Whitlam – Signed USED: Rare Signed by Margaret Whitlam in good condition Get other Books about Gough Whitlam click here Get other books about the 1975 dismissal click here Get other books about Margaret Whitlam click here One of Australia’s best-loved public figures tells the very personal story of her great love for travelling. Description The coach waiting for us at the airport was driven by Richard. His only English words were ‘no problem’ but he was an excellent driver negotiating the sometimes tortuous French roads in his big white bus…On the first tour we kept noticing a small car that seemed to be following us. Day after day with the same attractive driver. Eventually the penny dropped… she was Richard’s partner. She caught up with him each evening but didn’t want to intrude. When we realised the situation we warmly welcomed Silvie into our group… For almost ten years Margaret Whitlam led a double life. Best known for her role as a much-loved public figure and ‘National Treasure’ Margaret also happens to be a tour leader extraordinaire. She has vi full details
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