Barry Cohen was a minister in the Hawke Labor government. The book gives realistic advice about entering politics, with particular emphasis that politicians should know Australia's history.Australian politics.Book; 264 pages. Cover: blue background; black and white drawing of Fraser, Curtin, Hawke, Whitlam, Menzies and Chifley; black and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, prime minister, history - australia, alp, australian labor party, chifley, ben, fraser, john malcolm, curtin, john, hawke, bob, whitlam, gough, menzies, bob

Gough Whitlam was the ALP Prime Minister of Australia from 1972-1975. It was the first ALP government since Ben Chifley's government was defeated in 1951. The book is an historical account of the Whitlam government years. Whitlam was dismissed, in controversial circumstances, by the governor general (Sir John Kerr) and Malcolm Fraser (Liberal Opposition Leader) was appointed as caretaker Prime Minister.. This was an unprecedented action. A federal election followed soon after in which the Whitlam government was defeated. Federal political history.Book; 536 pages. Dustjacket: green background; black and white picture of Gough Whitlam with microphone; white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, prime minister - australia - gough whitlam, politics, governor general, kerr, sir john, constitution - australia, parliament - australia, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, fraser, malcolm, leader of the opposition

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

Biography of HV Evatt who was a justice of the high court from 1930 to 1940, an ALP politician from 1940 to 1960, served in the Curtin and Chifley cabinets and was Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1960 to 1962. The book focuses upon his time in federal politics. The author was Evatt's secretary for 20 years.Australian politics and the labour movement.Book; 186 pages. Dustjacket: full colour artist's impression of Evatt; blue and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, evatt, hv (doc), politics, leader of the opposition, curtin, john, chifley, ben, courts, courts - high court, australian labor party, alp

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.Biographical, political.Book; 594 pages. Front cover: brown background; colour photo of Paul Keating; gold and white lettering; author's name and title.Stamp in red ink: "rejected copy - not for sale - under copyright".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, howard, john, hawke, bob, keating, paul, prime minister - australia, alp, australian labor party, treasurer - australia

Lang is a former premier of NSW. The book explores his financial-political manifesto. Lang is a former NSW ALP state treasurer and was elected Premier on two occasions. His government was dismissed in his second term of government by the State Governor due to his defying the Commonwealth Government's financial agreements' legislation. Relevant to the history of the ALP in NSW and the labour movement. Autobiographical interest - Jack Lang.Book; 351 pages. Front cover: orange; black lettering; author's and title name. Pencil underlinings and annotations.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, lang, jt, lang, jack, politicians - premiers - nsw, politics and government - nsw, history - australia, alp, australian labor party

John Gorton became Australian Prime Minister (1968-1971) after the disappearance of Harold Holt (with McEwan being the interim Prime Minister). Holt and Gorton were both from the Liberal Party Australia. Gorton has been described as a larrikan and an eccentric in his time as prime minister. The book is described as a disparaging account.Australian politics. Biographical.Book; 455 pages. Dust jacket: green background; author's name and title in white lettering; two-tone picture of John Gorton. Cover: yellow; green lettering; author's name and title. Title page: "To my son John Aug 4th 1971 Dad."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gorton, john, prime ministers - australia, holt, harold, liberal party australia, politics, biography

Autobiography - Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Petersen was the longest serving Premier of Queensland from 1968-1987, representing the National Party. His wife, Flo Bjelke-Petersen, served in the federal senate. He is known for the Joh for PM campaign (unsuccessful) and as a participant in the downfall of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975. By use of the Queensland police force, he obstructed street demonstrations for a long period of time. Political autobiography - Queensland - National Party.Book; 259 pages. Front cover: white text; author's name and title; colour photograph of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, premier - queensland, politics, national party of australia, premiers - bjelke-petersen, joh, autobiography, senators - bjelke-petersen, florence

Biography of Harold McMillan who was the UK Prime Minister from 1957-1963. He represented the Conservative Party.Biographical interest. UK politics and history.Book; 156 pages. Dustcover: yellow background; blue lettering; author's name and title; two-tone picture of Harold McMillan. Cover: blue background; silver lettering; author's name and title.In blue ink: To my pal, Happy days and musical moments, from your pal, 23 February 1980.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics - united kingdom, prime ministers - united kingdom, mcmillan, harold, conservative party - united kingdom, biography

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

The author analyses the 1975 Whitlam/ALP dismissal focussing upon a theory that the KGB played a role in these events.Political analysis.Book; 262 pages. Front cover: Australian flag background; hammer and sickle image; black and white head shots; black and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, whitlam, gough, alp, australian labor party, kerr, sir john, constitution - australia, kgb, komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, committee for state security, soviet union, double dissolution election, the dismissal

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

Documents Haylen's disappointment with the ALP and parliament. He was particularly unhappy with the right wing of the party. Haylen was a federal parliamentarian in the 1940s. He also had a career as a writer and journalist. First hand - political, autobiographical.Book; 212 pages. Dust jacket: yellow background; red and black photographs of former ALP leaders (e.g. Curtin, Whitlam, Calwell); red and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: red; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.Inscribed in pencil: "Shop 11, Political 14".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, australian labor party, alp, politics and government, parliament - federal, parliamentarians

A biography of past USA president, Lyndon Johnson. The author, Doris Kearns, was associated with him from 1967 to 1973. Lyndon Johnson became President following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.Politics - United States. Biographical interest.Book; 432 pages. Dustjacket: plastic covering; black background; brown red and green lettering; author's name and title. Cover: blue background; silver lettering; author's name and title on the spine.Library markings, barcodes and stamps. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, johnson, lyndon, johnson, lyndon baines, lbj, politics - united states of america, presidents - usa, democratic party - usa, biography

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

Biography. Eddie Ward served in the Australian House of Representatives from 1932 to 1963 (when he died). He represented the Australian Labor Party. Before entering politics, Ward worked as a labourer, boilermaker, tarpaulin maker, tramways worker and prize boxer. He was a committed unionist.Biographical, historical and political.Book; 262 pages. Dustjacket: red background; black and white photograph of Eddie Ward; yellow and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: burgundy/red background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine.In black ink: name [illegible].btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian labor party, alp, politics and government, house of representatives, biography

Autobiographical account. Giuliani was US Associate Attorney General, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Mayor of New York. At different times, his political affiliations have been Democratic, Republican and Independent.Political (USA) and autobiographical interest. Book; 407 pages. Front cover: background - colour picture of New York; colour picture of Giuliani; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, giuliani, rudolph, mayor - new york, united states attorney for the southern district of new york, us associate attorney general,, autobiography, politics and government - usa, republican party - usa, democratic party - usa

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

Anecdotal humour about Federal politicians and parliament. Fred Daly was a long-serving member of the House of Representatives (1943-1975). He was a cabinet minister at the time of the Whitlam ALP government (1972-1975).Political infotainment.Book; 131 pages. Cover: black; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine. Dust jacket: blue background; black and white caricatures; white and black lettering; author's name and title.Inscription inside page: "To dearest Keith Happy Christmas 1982 Love Chris"btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, house of representatives - australia, prime minister, cabinet ministers, australian labor party, alp

Enoch Powell was a Conservative Member of Parliament 1950–74 and later represented the Ulster Unionist Party 1974–87. He made four controversial statements on immigration; the book provides critical analysis of Powell's statements, his reasoning and the statistics he uses. Political analysis/criticism.Book; 158 pages. Front cover: white background; black, red and white lettering; image of Union Jack; authors' names and title.Two red remainder sale marks.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council;, politics and government, conservative party - united kingdom, house of commons - united kingdom, powell, enoch, ulster unionist party - united kingdom, immigration - united kingdom

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

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

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

Biography of Bob Carr. Bob Carr was Premier of NSW from 1995-2005 and subsequently a NSW Senator from 2012-2013. He served as Federal Foreign Minister. After leaving politics, he became an academic.Politics - ALP. Biographical interest.Book; 423 pages. Cover: blue background; colour picture of Bob Carr; blue lettering; authors' names and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, carr, bob, alp, australian labor party, biography, politics and government, politicians - premiers - nsw, cabinet ministers

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