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Tales from Boom Town : Western Australian premiers from Brand to Barnett /

Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy spent more than 40 years observing 11 Premiers of Western Australia - across an extraordinary period of change in Western Australia's history, from 1970 to 2013. His insider's accounts have revealed first-hand the issues linked with the jailing of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kennedy, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Crawley, Western Australia : Uwa Publishing, 2014.
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Hazard at the First Hurdle: Charles Court and Brian Burke; Chapter 2 The Record Term Premier: David Brand 1959-71; Chapter 3 The Unlucky Premier: John Tonkin 1971-74; Chapter 4 In the Saddle at Last: Charles Court 1974-82; Chapter 5 The Forgotten Premier: Ray O'Connor 1982-83; Chapter 6 Young Man in a Hurry: Brian Burke 1983-88; Chapter 7 Poisoned Chalice: Peter Dowding 1988-90; Chapter 8 Australia's First Woman Premier: Carmen Lawrence 1990-93; Chapter 9 In His Father's Footsteps: Richard Court 1993-2001.
  • Chapter 10 The Academic Premier: Geoff Gallop 2001-6Chapter 11 Election Rush: Alan Carpenter 2006-8; Chapter 12 The Emperor: Colin Barnett 2008-; Afterword; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.