Joh For Pm

Author : Paul Davey
Publisher : NewSouth
ISBN 13 : 1742242006
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joh for PM written by Paul Davey and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfolding like a political thriller, Joh for PM reveals for the first time the details of the campaign that rocked Australian politics. In 1987 the Queensland Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, launched an audacious bid to break the federal Opposition Coalition, replace Ian Sinclair as National Party leader, and become Prime Minister himself. Trench warfare waged between the Sinclair and Joh forces during one of the most bizarre and divisive periods in Australian politics. In Joh for PM National Party insider Paul Davey reveals what went on behind closed doors in top-level internal meetings and the strategies aimed at thwarting the Joh campaign and reuniting the party at state and federal levels.

Author : Peter Coleman
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522859399
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Costello Memoirs written by Peter Coleman and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a political career spanning more than eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. The Costello Memoirs charts the victories and defeats in one man's very public life.

Author : Mungo MacCallum
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1863955879
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely written by Mungo MacCallum and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes. Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have run the national show. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies. But whatever the length of their term, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Hughes forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their parties' policies so vigorously that none lasted much longer than a single term in office. With characteristic wit and expert knowledge, Mungo MacCallum brings the nation's leaders to vivid life. The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely tells the tale of the many men and one woman who've had a crack at running the country. It is a wonderfully entertaining education. 'The most informative and entertaining book about Australian politics since Don Watson's Recollection of a Bleeding Heart.' The Sydney Morning Herald 'Vintage Mungo.' The Australian

Author : Hugh Lunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joh written by Hugh Lunn and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780207163746
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't You Worry about That! written by Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Evan Whitton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hillbilly Dictator written by Evan Whitton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zareh Ghazarian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 073039543X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Politics For Dummies written by Zareh Ghazarian and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand Aussie politics and make your vote count! Australian Politics For Dummies gives you a helping hand as you get to grips with the good, the bad and the ugly of Australian politics. Seasoned political punters and voting novices alike will find fascinating facts and top thrills in in this essential guide. Master the ins and outs of elections, parties and policies. In no time, you'll be discussing and debating the biggest issues with ease. Down under, we all have to vote. It's one of the many beautiful things about this land of ours, and this book will help you learn why (and how) to cast that ballot. This updated edition gives you everything you need to cast your vote with confidence. You'll identify what makes the Australian political system tick, distinguish between the different political parties and understand the influence of the media in Australian politics. Decipher political terminology, make sense of the houses of parliament and understand why we have minor parties Learn how Australia's political system evolved and grasp today's voting systems Make sense of coalition politics and figure out the differences between the Labor and Liberal parties Find out why Australia's system of government is described as 'Washminster,' and discover the Whips and the Usher of the Black Rod You want to know more about Australian politics, but, if we're being realistic, it's very complicated. Australian Politics For Dummies clears it all up.

Author : Frank Bongiorno
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1863957766
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eighties written by Frank Bongiorno and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America’s Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right. It was a time when Australians fought for social change – on union picket lines, at rallies for women’s rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement. And then there were the events that left many scratching their heads: Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young. In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He uncovers forgotten stories – of factory workers proud of their skills who found themselves surplus to requirements; of Vietnamese families battling to make new lives for themselves in the suburbs. He sheds new light on ‘both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades’. The Eighties is contemporary history at its best. ‘Frank Bongiorno has successfully negotiated the minefield of Australia’s political egos to write the definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade.’ – George Megalogenis

Author : University of Cambridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Matriculations and Degrees written by University of Cambridge and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Wanna
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1921666315
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ayes Have It written by John Wanna and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The Ayes Have It’ is a fascinating account of the Queensland Parliament during three decades of high-drama politics. It examines in detail the Queensland Parliament from the days of the ‘Labor split’ in the 1950s, through the conservative governments of Frank Nicklin, John Bjelke- Petersen and Mike Ahern, to the fall of the Nationals government led briefly by Russell Cooper in December 1989. The volume traces the rough and tumble of parliamentary politics in the frontier state. The authors focus on parliament as a political forum, on the representatives and personalities that made up the institution over this period, on the priorities and political agendas that were pursued, and the increasingly contentious practices used to control parliamentary proceedings. Throughout the entire history are woven other controversies that repeatedly recur – controversies over state economic development, the provision of government services, industrial disputation and government reactions, electoral zoning and disputes over malapportionment, the impost of taxation in the ‘low tax state’, encroachments on civil liberties and political protests, the perennial topic of censorship, as well as the emerging issues of integrity, concerns about conflicts of interest and the slide towards corruption. There are fights with the federal government – especially with the Whitlam government – and internal fights within the governing coalition which eventually leads to its collapse in 1983, after which the Nationals manage to govern alone for two very tumultuous terms. On the non-government side, the bitterness of the 1950s split was reflected in the early parliaments of this period, and while the Australian Labor Party eventually saw off its rivalrous off-shoot (the QLP-DLP) it then began to implode through waves of internal factional discord.