The book covers the period from women's being granted suffrage in New Zealand to the present. Includes accounts from known and unknown women about the fight for a variety of rights such as property ownership, child custody, representation in parliaments and equal pay.Political and women's rights. Janine Haynes was a South Australian Senator and leader of the Australian Democrats from 1986 to 1990.Book; 210 pages. Front cover: blue background; one black and white photo of Janine Haines; two colour photos; white and blue lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, feminism, women in history, women's rights, senate - australia, haines, janine, women's suffrage, voting and elections - australia, australian democrats, politics and government

Biographical profiles of all Australian Prime Ministers from the time of Federation up until the 1970s when Malcolm Fraser's coalition government was in power.Biographical and political interest.Book; 176 pages. Front cover: orange background; Spooner cartoon - drawings of Australian prime ministers; black and orange lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime ministers - australia, barton, edmund, fraser, malcolm, politics and government, biography

Self help and skills-based advice about how to negotiate. Training and self improvement.Book; 255 pages. Dust jacket: white background; black graphic of a man; black and red lettering; author's name and title. Cover: red cloth; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, negotiation, training/skills, interpersonal communications

Written by Dr Bertram Wainer who was responsible for the Royal Commission into corruption in the police force of Victoria. He suffered adverse personal consequences for his role. The Royal Commission revealed corruptions that led to some police officers going to gaol.Relevance to law enforcement in Victoria, Australia.Book; 224 pages. Front cover: bookshop sticker - Lake Daylesford Book Barn; white background; black and white illustrations relating to law enforcement and religion; green and black lettering; author's name and title.Title page: two prices - $8.85 and $5 - in pencil.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, wainer, bertram, royal commission - police corruption, law enforcement

Written by Lindsay Tanner who was a Federal ALP cabinet minister. Addresses the issue of how we initiate change in Australia, including political representation, media, the economy, information and services. Political and social interest.Book; 248 pages. Front cover: blue background; picture of Australian shield; picture of a computer mouse; green, white and red text; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, politics and government, cabinet ministers, media - australia, economy - australia, information management

From the ABC lecture series. In this volume, Bob Hawke addresses the issues of: how we are governed, Australia in crisis and international context. Bob Hawke is a former ALP Prime Minister, Rhodes Scholar, ACTU President and President of the ALP. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Paul Keating.Political and social interest.Book; 71 pages. Front cover: yellow background; three black and white photographs of Bob Hawke; one blue graphic of Bob Hawke; blue and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, social conditions, politics and government, prime minister - australia, hawke, rjl, actu, alp, australian labor party

Procedural book for committee chairpersons.Training, business and procedural.Book; 400 pages. Dust jacket: light green background; blue lettering; author's name and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title.Stamp: "Ronaldson Bros and Tippett Ltd" & "15 Oct 1961".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, committees - procedure, committees - chairperson, business practice

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

Former political advisor, John Pasquarelli, writes of Pauline Hanson's extraordinary rise within Federal politics in the nineties. Pasquarelli was Ms Hanson's advisor until she dismissed him; he subsequently lodged an unfair dismissal against her. Hanson was preselected Liberal Party candidate for Oxley in 1996, but disendorsed before the election. She successfully ran as an independent candidate and subsequently founded the One Nation Party.Political - One Nation Party.Book; 338 pages. Cover: black and white background; colour photographs of Pauline Hanson and John Pasquarelli; black and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hanson, pauline, pasquarelli, john, one nation party, politics and government, oldfield, david

Janine Haines was a South Australian senator from 1977-1978 and 1981-1990. She was an Australian Democrat and became party leader from 1986-1990, being the first federal political party leader. Chapter titles: 1. Campaigning for a voice 2. The debates 1890-1918 3. The candidates 1896-1918 4. The members 1918-45 5. Two steps forward … 1945-1970 6. All the way to the top 1970-1992 7. Women and the law 8. Media attitudes and the status of women Politics - Australia - female politicians. Historical interest.Book; 210 pages.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, haines, janine, australian democrats, senate - australia, politics and government, women in politics

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

Collection of speeches by various international persons - e.g. Nelson Mandela, George W. Bush, Ghandi, Stalin, Churchill, Molotov. Topics are various - e.g. science, politics, religion and social commentary.International politics, science, religion and social commentary.Book; 224 pages. Cover: black background; black and white photograph of Nelson Mandela with his fist raised; white and red lettering; title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, mandela, nelson, hitler, adolf, bush, george w, ghandi, mahatma, stalin, joseph, churchill, winston, molotov, meir, golda, roosevelt, franklin, politics and government, religion, socialism, social commentary

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

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

A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government. He succeeded Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia following a successful leadership challenge. Keating was defeated by John Howard in the 1996 election.Relevant to Australian federal politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Biographical interest - Paul Keating.Book; 237 pages. Front cover: white background; black and white grainy photograph of Paul Keating; red, black and blue lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, keating, paul, hawke, bob, prime minister, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, biography

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

HisotryWritten by a socialist, Raymond Postgate, chapter headings are as follows: A short history of the British workers / Raymond W. Postgate (1926) ; A pocket history of the British workers / Raymond W. Postgate (1937) ; A pocket history of the British working class / Raymond W. Postgate ; A worker looks at history / Mark Starr (1918) ; Outlines of the history of the modern British working class movement / Will W. Crank ; A short primer of industrial history / W. Riddick.Relevant to the history of Labor and the working class in Great Britain. NB: These chapters were written in the early twentieth century.Paper; book.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, working class, workers, history, industrial history, britain

Historical account of Australia's emergency services. Articles by a number of contributors and authorities.Relevant to how disasters and emergencies are serviced in Australia, public health and safety.Paper; book. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, emergency services, disasters, disaster relief, emergency, health, safety, history

Clyde Cameron was Minister for Labour in the Whitlam government and sacked in 1975. He was in parliament from 1949 until his resignation in 1980. Cameron also has a history with the AWU, both as an elected official and as an organiser and industrial advocate. He was at one time Leader of the Labor Party in South Australia. Relevant to Australian and South Australian politics and Labor history. Relevant to the history of the Australian Workers Union (AWU). Biographical interest - principally Clyde Cameron.Paper; book. Dust cover: white background; colour photograph of Clyde Cameron; blue and red lettering. Cover: red background; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Front page: author's name and title.cameron, clyde, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor party, calwell, arthur, whitlam, gough, kerr, sir john, parliament, government, politics, unions, awu, australian workers union, union organisers

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

The story of power politics surrounding Bob Hawke's electoral victory in 1983. The author particularly focusses upon the personal dynamics of Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser and Bill Hayden.Relevant to the history of Australian politics and ALP history. Biographical interest - Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Bill Hayden.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of Bob Hawke; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, hayden, bill, fraser, malcolm, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, elections, parliament, government, politics, politicians, prime minister, biography

Biography of former Prime Minister and ACTU President, Bob Hawke. The book was published in 1979 before Hawke became Prime Minister of Australia.Biographical relevance - Bob Hawke. Relevant to the history of the union movement and the Australian Labor Party.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photo of Bob Hawke; yellow and black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hawke, bob, prime minister, actu, actu - president, unions, australian council of trade unions, biography, alp, australian labor party, history

A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government. He succeeded Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia following a successful leadership challenge. Keating was defeated by John Howard in the 1996 election.Relevant to Australian federal politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Biographical interest - Paul Keating.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; various head shots of Paul Keating in colour and black and white; gold, brown and white lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, keating, paul, hawke, bob, prime minister, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, biography

Biography of Kim Beazley who is a former diplomat, ALP federal MP, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition. Beazley was part of the Hawke/Keating cabinet and served in such roles as Minister for Defence and Minister for Finance.Biographical interest - Kim Beazley. Relevant to Australian politics and the Hawke/Keating era of government.Paper; book. Dust jacket: blue background; with a colour photograph of Kim Beazley; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, beazley, kim, biography, alp, australian labor party, cabinet, government, politics, deputy prime minister, prime minister, hawke, bob, keating, paul, government ministry, ambassadors and diplomats

Tom Uren was an ALP Member of Parliament from 1958 to 1990. For some of this time he served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition and was a cabinet minister. He was supportive of the heritage and conservation movement, particularly in Sydney. He also lived through the great depression and was a prisoner of war in WWII. The book, Straight Left, is Uren's memoir.Political relevance, especially to the ALP. Autobiographical interest - Tom Uren. Paper; book. Five black and white photographs on the back cover.Author, title and barcode on dust jacket. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, uren, tom, politics, deputy leader of the opposition, government, autobiography, alp, australian labor party

A history of private bus services in Victoria. Includes many anecdotal accounts as well as illustrations.Relevant to history and development of industry and employment possibilities in Victoria.Paper; book. Front cover: light green background; artistic impression of a male driving a Geelong bus; black lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, public transport, buses, buses - private, businesses, employment, history

The author documents and analyses case studies of eleven strikes and lockouts from 1911 to 1968.Relevant to the history of the labor movement and industrial action in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; black and white image of a strike rally; red and black lettering.Front cover: editors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, strikes, industrial relations, industrial action, unions, lockouts

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