The book is an exposition of issues around leadership of the Liberal Party following the disappearance of Harold Holt, with particular focus upon the embattled Gorton government. The leadership was successfully contested by William McMahon in 1971.Relevant to Australian political history and particularly to the Liberal Party Australia. Reid was a reporter for the Packer press.Paper; book. Front cover: brown and white background; black and white photograph of John Gorton; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mcmahon, william, gorton, john, holt, harold, liberal party australia, government, history, politics, parliament, political culture, leadership, prime minister, senate

An analysis of how the Howard government sought to silence independent and expert commentary, public servants or organisations that were critical of the government.Relevant to issues of citizenship and civil liberties around the time of the Howard/Coalition government (1996-2007).Paper; book. Front cover: grey and red background; red and white lettering.Front cover: title and authors' names.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, howard, john, prime minister, liberal party australia, civil liberties, government, free speech

The book principally provides an account of the Rudd-Gillard government years (2007-2013), including the conflicts that arose and the ultimate victory of the Abbott Coalition government.Significant to governance of Australia and its party politics. Especially pertinent to Labor Party history during the period 2007-2013.Paperback book. Front cover: red background; black and white lettering. Author and title and media comment. Back cover: white background; red and black text. ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, btlc, kelly, paul, paul kelly, deputy prime minister, prime minister, politicians, politics and government, elections, gillard, julia, rudd, kevin, abbott, tony, howard, john, liberal party australia, australian labor party, greens party, policy, parliament

Andrew Peacock was the member for Kooyong and at various times served as Leader of the (Liberal) Opposition. He served as a cabinet minister including the portfolio of Minister for Foreign Affairs. After leaving politics, Peacock became Australian Ambassador to the United States.Biographical and political (Liberal Party Australia).Book; 144 pages. Front cover: brown background with colour photograph of Andrew Peacock; yellow lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, leader of the opposition, liberal party australia, biography, politics and government

The Whitlam ALP government came to power in 1972 after 23 years in opposition. Whitlam's government was aspirational in terms of its social justice and equality agenda. The government was dismissed on 11 November 1975 by the governor general, Sir John Kerr; this act was unprecedented. The book is written by Garfield Barwick who was a high court judge; Barwick provided advice to Sir John Kerr at the time. The author defends the appropriateness/legality of Kerr's role and decision making at the time of the dismissal. The ALP lost the election held on 13 December that was caused by the 1975 double dissolution/constitutional crisis.Relevance to Australian political and constitutional history. Book; 129 pages. Front cover: white background; green illustration of a building; green lettering; author's name and title.Price - 50c - in pencil.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, politics and government, constitution - australia, kerr, sir john, barwick, garfield, whitlam, gough, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, prime ministers - australia - malcolm fraser, fraser, malcolm, dismissal - government, courts - high court, parliament, australian labor party, alp, liberal party australia

Autobiography of Sr James Killen who was a Liberal cabinet minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser ministries.Political (LNP) and autobiographical interest.Book; 182 pages. Front cover: grey background; colour photograph of Jim Killen; black lettering; author's name and title.Stamp: "D&J Hamilton" with address.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, killen, sir james, politics and government, politics - australia, liberal party australia, lpa, cabinet ministers, autobiography

Joe Hockey was Treasurer in the Abbott (Liberal Coalition) ministry. He also served in the Howard (Liberal Coalition) ministry. The book was written when he was still an MP and speculated upon whether he would ever become Prime Minister of Australia. However he is no longer in parliament and went on to become the Ambassador of Australia to the United States. The book also contains personal biographical detail. Material is drawn from interviews with Hockey and others.Political and biographical interest.Book; 328 pages. Front cover: blue background; colour photograph of Joe Hockey; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hockey, joe, biography, treasurers - federal, politics and government, cabinet ministers, ambassadors and diplomats, liberal party australia, national party australia

Quotations by Gough Whitlam. Forewords to each chapter by the author. Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister (ALP) from 1972 to 1975. The Whitlam government had aspirations within a social justice and equality agenda. The government was dismissed in 1975 by the governor general - this act was unprecedented. An election followed soon after wherein the government was defeated by the Liberal Party.Anecdotal and political interest. Book; 96 pages. Front cover: black background; black and white picture of Gough Whitlam; white lettering; title. Spine: white; black lettering; author's name. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, whitlam, gough, dismissal - government, australian labor party, alp, politics and government, prime ministers - gough whitlam, parliament

WE Gladstone was a Liberal Party Prime Minister in Britain from 1868 and ending in 1894. He introduced many pivotal changes including the secret ballot, equality of opportunity, free trade, and laissez-faire economics.Political, historical and biographical interest - Victorian England.Book; 289 pages. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title.Inside: stamp "Gilbert N Cassidy, 42 Minchinbury Tce, Marion, South Australia, 5043". Inside: typewritten pasted note - "If thou art borrowed by a friend, Right welcome shall be to read, to study not to lend, but to return to me. Not that imparted knowledge doth dimish learning's store, but books I find when once they're lent, return to me no more."btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, gladstone, we, prime ministers - united kingdom, politics and government, biography, history - united kingdom

Journal of Don Chipp who was a former Liberal Party politician. He was the founder of the Australian Democrats in 1977 and gained the balance of power in the Senate.Biographical and political interest.Book; 237 pages. Dust jacket: green background; colour photograph of Don Chipp; yellow and red lettering; title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chipp, don, politics and government, senate - australia, liberal party australia, senators, australian democrats, parliament

Don Chipp was a former Liberal Party politician. He was the founder of the Australian Democrats in 1977 and gained the balance of power in the Senate. The foreword is written by John Gorton (former Liberal Prime Minister) and an afterword by RJ Hawke (former ALP Prime Minister). Section titles: 1. In the beginning 2. Inside Canberra: Menzies to Fraser 3. Moving on 4. Present shock Biographical and political interest (Australia).Book; 254 pages. Dust jacket: grey background; colour artistic representation of Don Chipp; red lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; authors' names and titles on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, chipp, don, politics and government, senate - australia, liberal party australia, senators, australian democrats, parliament, menzies, robert, fraser, malcolm, hawke, rj, alp, australian labor party, prime minister - australia, biography, autobiography

Biography of Peter Costello. Costello was Treasurer in John Howard's Liberal Coalition government (1996-2007). Costello is a graduate of Monash University and was involved in student politics during this time. He is the brother of Tim Costello who is a Baptist minister and the current Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia. Peter Costello has now retired from politics without reaching his ambition to have leadership status.Political and biographical interest.Book; 344 pages. Cover: black background; colour photograph of Peter Costello; blue and white lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, costello, peter, costello, tim, howard, john, cabinet ministers - treasurer, monash university, politics and government, liberal party australia

Reflections by Sir Robert Menzies (former Australian Prime Minister) upon past USA and UK prime ministers, White Australia Policy, Suez Canal, the monarchy, cricket, governance and more.Politics and government - world. Sport.Book; 384 pages. Cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Inside pages: Don Woodward's name inscribed in blue ink.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime ministers - menzies, robert, liberal party australia, lpa, politics and government, politics and government - international, monarchy - united kingdom, white australia policy, suez canal, international relations

Graham Freudenberg's memoirs. He was a speech writer for Gough Whitlam and Arthur Calwell. He wrote the campaign speech for Mark Latham in 2004. The book includes his associations with Australian leaders from Menzies to Howard and observations about international relations. Political - Australia - Labor. Autobiographical interest.Book; 305 pages. Dust jacket: black and white photograph of the author; red, white and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black background; silver lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, freudenberg, graham, government staff, labor memoirs, menzies, robert, calwell, arthur, whitlam, gough, howard, john, alp, australian labor party, wran, neville, carr, robert (bob), keating, paul, hawke, bob, vietnam war, latham, mark, kerr, sir john, liberal party australia, lpa, politics and government

Quotations from politicians and newspapers forms an expose of Liberal Party leadership struggles in the 1970s.Federal politics leadership - Australia - Liberal Party Australia.Book; 50 pages. Cover: white background; black and white photo of Malcolm Fraser; red and black lettering; author's name and title. To Neil from Don '76/77 in blue ink.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, lpa, liberal party australia, fraser, malcolm, mcmahon, william, snedden, billy, gorton, john, politics and government, prime minister - caretaker, prime minister, voting and elections - australia, party politics - australia

An insider's account of one of the years in which Mark Latham was ALP leader. After leaving politics, Mark Latham became a media political commentator. He announced in 2017 that he would join the Liberal Democrats party, after which the ALP moved to impose a life long ban upon his rejoining the ALP.Biographical, political and current affairs.Book; 246 pages. Cover: brown background; sepia photo of Mark Latham; yellow and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, latham, mark, leader of the opposition, alp, australian labor party, biography, politics and government, federal government

Arthur Fadden was a member of the House of Representatives for 22 years, representing the Country Party. In 1941, he became Prime Minister for 40 days. He served as Treasurer on two occasions. These memoirs are the story of his boyhood as well as his political career.Political and autobiographical.Book; 196 pages. Dustjacket: green background; artistic impression of Sir Arthur Fadden smoking a pipe; white and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Black ink, "To whomsoever may wish it. [Name illegible.] 1969."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, fadden, sir arthur, country party australia, national party australia, united australia party, liberal party australia, politics and government, cabinet ministers - treasurer, house of representatives - australia, autobiography, prime minister - menzies, world war ii, coalition government, politics and government

An account covering Australian politics, power and politicians (1960s-present). The author provides comment upon the Rudd-Gillard government and the eventual fall of Kevin Rudd in the 2010 federal election. Chapter titles: 1. Parties and politics 2. Elections 3. Parliament 4. People 5. The media 6. Rudd and Gillard Laurie Oakes worked in the Canberra Press Gallery from 1969 until his retirement in 2017.Politics and government - Australia. Journalism.Book; 385 pages. Cover: blue background; colour photograph of Laurie Oakes (author); yellow and white lettering; author's name and title.In pencil, "DW 24/4/2011".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, rudd, kevin, gillard, julia, oakes, laurie, howard, john, keating, paul, hawke, bob, fraser, malcolm, whitlam, gough, mcmahon, william, gorton, john, politics and government, mcewen, john, journalism, australian labor party, alp, coalition government, liberal party australia, lpa, national party

Australian politics in the 1980s and the consequences. Includes: - Hawke-Keating leadership; - 1990s recession; - ALP leadership coup; - deregulation of financial systems; - John Hewson's bid for the prime ministership; - rivalry between John Howard and Andrew Peacock; - John Elliott's push for Liberal Party leadership; - Joh for PM campaign; - industrial relations and the Accord. Politics, industrial relations, economy and leadership issues.Book; 755 pages. Cover: red and purple background; photographs of Bill Kelty, Bob Hawke, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, John Elliott, John Howard, Paul Keating and John Hewson; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, prime ministers - australia, political parties, hawke, bob, premiers - bjelke-petersen, joh, elliott, john, kelty, bill, howard, john, keating, paul, peacock, andrew, hewson, john, economy - australia, actu, anthony, doug, country party, liberal party australia, national party, immigration, industrial relations, alp, australian labor party, trade unions, white australia policy, accord

Billy Hughes was Prime Minister of Australia from 1915-1923. He represented the following parties at different times: Labor (to 1916) National Labor (1916–17) Nationalist (1917–29) Independent (1929) Australian (1929–31) United Australia (1931–44) Independent (1944–45) Liberal (from 1945) He was expelled from three parties. Before going into politics, Hughes was involved in the trade union movement - particularly the Wharf Labourer's Union, founder of the Trolley, Draymen and Carters; Union and the Waterside Workers Federation of Australia.Politics - Australian. Trade unionism.Book; 196 pages. Cover: white background; picture (black and white) of Billy Hughes; blue and black lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, prime ministers - australia - billy hughes, trolley, draymen and carters union, waterside workers' federation, alp, australian labor party, national labor party, nationalist party, politicians - independent, biography, politics and government, australian party, united australia party, liberal party australia, lpa

The relationship between the parliamentary press gallery and the ALP/Hawke government. During this time, the press gallery was more inclined to support and lean towards the government and to reject the Liberal opposition. Thus, having a very influential role.Relevant to the history of politics in Australia and parliamentary process during the Hawke era.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white; newsprint; caricature of Bob Hawke; photograph of the Press Gallery.Front cover: author's name and title; quote from Peter Robertson - "Journalists are, on the whole, are not to be trusted."; black lettering.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, government, politics, hawke, bob, australian labor party, alp, press gallery, journalists, press

Biography of twenty three Australian Prime Ministers: Barton, Bruce, Chifley, Cook, Curtin, Deakin, Fadden, Fisher, Forde, Fraser, Gorton, Hawke, Holt, Hughes, Lyons, McEwen, McMahon, Menzies, Page, Reid, Scullin, Watson, Whitlam.Relevant to Australian history and politics. Biographical interest.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; sepia pictures of past prime ministers surrounding a colour picture of parliament house (Canberra); blue and red lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, barton, edmund, bruce, stanley, chifley, ben, cook, joseph, curtin, john, deakin, alfred, fadden, arthur, fisher, andrew, forde, francis, fraser, malcolm, gorton, john, hawke, bob, holt, harold, hughes, william, lyons, joseph, mcewen, john, mcmahon, william, menzies, robert, page, earle, reid, george, scullin, james, watson, john, whitlam, gough, prime minister, government, parliament, politics, biography, history, australian labor party, alp, liberal party australia, political parties

Examples of Sir Robert Menzies' humour. Menzies is a former Prime Minister of Australia.Biographical.Blue, grey and white hardback. Front cover includes title and name of the compiler. Back cover includes some random examples from the book's content and titles from the same series. Title page includes a stamp from Latrobe Valley Regional Library Service (cancelled) and price of $2.00.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, menzies, robert, prime minister, liberal party australia, humour, politics, government

Political satire. Jeff Kennett was Liberal Premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. He was defeated by Steve Bracks (ALP). Kennett was the founding Chair of BeyondBlue.Satire.Paper; book.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, kennett, jeffrey, kennett, jeff, premier - victoria, satire, bracks, steve, beyondblue, politics, government, liberal party australia

Memoir by Bob Ellis (former ALP member of parliament) about politics from a Labor viewpoint. Autobiography and political analysis. The first edition of the book was pulped after a successful defamation action by MPs Tony Abbott and Peter Costello.Relevant to Australian politics. Autobiographical relevance - Bob Ellis.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia photo including Margaret & Gough Whitlam, Paul Keating, Ben Chifley, John Curtin, John Button, Bob Hawke, et al; red and white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, abbott, tony, costello, peter, liberal party australia, australian labor party, alp, ellis, bob, politics, government, parliament, memoir, autobiography

A 2001 episode of Four Corners about political espionage in Australia that is to gain political edge against opponents. A case study.Relevant to Australian politics, elections and political strategy.VHSbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics, political espionage, keating, paul, 4 corners, elections, australian labor party, alp, liberal party australia

A documentary about the Australian Building Construction Commission which was a coercive regulatory body empowered to investigate and prosecute breaches of industrial relations laws. It was created to particularly target strong building unions. Penalties imposed by the ABCC were severe - for example, terms of imprisonment and individual fines of up to $28,500 for failure to comply with summonses, refusal to answer questions, and disclosure to others of anything that happened at ABCC's closed tribunal. ABCC was disbanded in 2012, but the Turnbull Coalition government has attempted to revive the organisation in 2016. The failure to obtain Senate approval triggered the double-dissolution of Federal parliament and subsequent election in July 2016.Relevant to the history of unions and industrial relations in Australia. Also relates to government union relations.DVD Front cover: colour picture of a lawyer in court regalia and a howling dog; black and yellow lettering.Front cover: title and maker's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, abcc, australian building construction commission, unions, building unions, industrial relations, industrial tribunals, politics and government, howard, john, liberal party australia, cfmeu, cfmeu mining and energy division

The ACTU National Day of Protest was held in November 2005 in opposition to the Howard Coalition government's proposed WorkChoices legislation. Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the rallies.Relevant to workplace rights and trade union activism.DVDbtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, actu, national day of protest, workchoices, howard, john, liberal party australia, industrial relations, unions, activism, rallies, legislation