Messiah reduced to election winner
WHEN the new year dawned for Bob Hawke in 1984, things could hardly have been better.
WHEN the new year dawned for Bob Hawke in 1984, things could hardly have been better.
BOB Hawke has called for the abolition of the states in the interest of achieving more effective government.
IN September 1985, Bob Hawke went to Bathurst to deliver the inaugural “light on the hill” lecture in honour of Ben Chifley.
EXTRAORDINARY notes Paul Keating made on clippings in 1984 and 1985 have revealed the level of animosity the then treasurer felt towards Bob Hawke.
ANOTHER bumper year of political reading awaits.
A HOLIDAY guide to the best political films.
POLITICIANS love to reach for a book on holiday, and their choice is revealing.
THE book of choice for Australian politicians this year is Anna Funder’s novel All That I Am.
MINISTERS who formed the Whitlam government’s first full cabinet 40 years ago knew they were stepping into history.
THE Palestinian vote was a close call for Julia Gillard’s leadership.
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