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Published 01-09-2014
ISBN 9780522866438
Pages 432
Subjects Politics & government
Imprint MUP Digital

Inside the Hawke–Keating Government

A Cabinet Diary

Gareth Evans

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Published 01-09-2014
ISBN 9780522866438
Pages 432
Subjects Politics & government
Imprint MUP Digital

As good as it gets in Australian politics.

As good as it gets in Australian politics. That's how the Hawke-Keating Government is now widely regarded. But how did this highly able, ambitious, strong-willed group work through its crises and rivalries, and achieve what it did?

Gareth Evans' diary, written in the mid-1980s and published now for the first time, is the consummate insider's account. It not only adds much new material to the historical record, but is perceptive, sharp and unvarnished in its judgments, lucidly written, and often highly entertaining.

About The Author

Bruce Grant is a distinctive Australian writer who is also a distinguished analyst of international affairs. He has been a foreign correspondent, a newspaper columnist, a film and theatre critic, an ambassador and an adviser to governments, while writing novels, short stories and books about the outstanding issues of our time. He is now a…