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The good, the bad and the unlikely : Australias prime ministers

Author :  Mungo MacCallum

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Country
Australia
Publisher
Black Inc. Books, Australia
ISBN 9781760641559
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2019
Bib. Info 273 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Categories DU - Oceania (South Seas)
Product Weight 385 gms.
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Since 1901, thirty different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression. John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their parties' policies so vigorously that none lasted much longer than a single term. Harold Holt spent three decades in parliament, only to disappear while swimming off the coast of Victoria two years into his first term. John Howard's 'triple bypass' is the stuff of legend. Julia Gillard overthrew Kevin Rudd and Kevin Rudd overthrew Julia Gillard, thus paving the way for Tony Abbott, who was ousted by Malcolm Turnbull - until he too was toppled, this time by Scott Morrison. But is Australia's thirty-first prime minister just around the corner? With characteristic wit and expert knowledge, Mungo MacCallum brings the nation's leaders to life in this fully up-to-date new edition of a classic book. Prime ministers -- Australia. | Australia -- Politics and government. | Australian

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