Politics
Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin: The making of the modern Labor Party by Liam Byrne
by Frank Bongiorno •
Party Animals: The secret history of a Labor fiasco by Samantha Maiden
by Paul D. Williams •
The dismissal of the Whitlam government by the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, on 11 November 1975 was one of the most tumultuous and controversial episodes in Australian political history. The government had been elected on 2 December 1972 and returned at the May 1974 double dissolution, with Whitlam becoming the first Labor leader to achieve successive electoral victories.
... (read more)Liberalism at Large: The world according to The Economist by Alexander Zevin
by Dominic Kelly •
The Manner of Their Going: Prime ministerial exits in Australia by Norman Abjorensen
by Lyndon Megarrity •