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Troy Bramston has been a senior writer and columnist with The Australian since 2011. He has interviewed politicians, presidents and prime ministers from multiple countries along with writers, actors, directors, producers and many pop-culture icons. Troy is an award-winning and best-selling author or editor of 12 books, including Gough Whitlam: The Vista of the New, Bob Hawke: Demons and Destiny, Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics and Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader. Troy is a member of the Library Council of the State Library of NSW and the National Archives of Australia Advisory Council. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.

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EXCLUSIVENational Affairs

Kerr role ‘would have barred Mason’

ANTHONY Mason may not have been appointed chief justice of the High Court had his counselling of John Kerr been known.

Troy Bramston

Labor stalwarts maintain the rage

ANTHONY Mason’s role in advising John Kerr raises questions over the division of power.

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National Affairs

Whitlam ‘deceived before dismissal’

PAUL Keating suspects John Kerr had settled on a resolution to the political crisis of 1975 before he dismissed Gough Whitlam.

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Kevin highlights relevant text

DESCRIBING the termination of the prime ministership, Kevin Rudd said it was executed with “absolute political brutality”.

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Opinion

Mason set precedent in dismissal

ANTHONY Mason’s explanation yesterday of his role in The Dismissal provides confirmation of a hitherto secret role in our greatest political crisis.

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Debate over the dismissal will not die

NEW claims emerge in a Whitlam biography.

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National Affairs

What really interests the voters

MANY politicians may be surprised at what people want to know about them via Google searches.

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EXCLUSIVEImmigration

Labor floats Nauru solution

SENIOR Labor figures are exploring a shift on asylum-seeker policy to reopen the Nauru processing centre as part of a proposal that could trigger the Malaysia Solution.

Troy Bramston and Brendan Nicholson

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Hughes’s demise exposes the void

IN the final year of my degree, I was captivated by Robert Hughes’s book American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America.

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National Affairs

Labor president backs poll for leader

ALP president Jenny McAllister has supported party members electing parliamentary leaders, rather than MPs.

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