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Gold Standard?: Remembering the Hawke Government

by Frank Bongiorno , Carolyn Holbrook , Joshua Black
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781761170522
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: NewSouth Books
  • Publisher Imprint: NewSouth Books
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 352
  • Original Price: GBP 22.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 416 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): World / Australian & Oceanian

Was the Hawke government ' the gold standard' for federal government in Australia? A stellar line-up of historians, social scientists, politicians and journalists sheds valuable new light on the policies, politics and personalities of the Hawke government and asks: What lessons can it offer in the art of reformist government? How do its legacies continue to shape Australian society? Troy Bramston and Andrew Podger explain how Hawke masterfully managed the work of government and administration; Michelle Grattan and Meghan Hopper analyse how the government and prime minister dealt with the media; Frank Bongiorno shows how the Labor Party won four elections on the trot; while Marija Taflaga looks at how unprepared Hawke's opponents were for their period in the wilderness. Bruce Chapman and Liam Byrne discuss the competing legacies of the Labor- Union Accords of the 1980s; Meredith Edwards and Carolyn Holbrook demonstrate that social justice and health reform were still possible in the context of fiscal restraint; Marian Sawer shows how women's policy mattered; while Peter Yu recalls the major disappointments of the era for First Nations Australians.

Frank Bongiorno is Professor of History and a historian of Australia at the ANU. Frank's books include The Sex Lives of Australians: A history, The Eighties: The decade that transformed Australia, Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia and A Little History of the Australian Labor Party, with Nick Dyrenfurth. Carolyn Holbrook is the Director of Australian Policy and History. Carolyn's books include Anzac: The unauthorised biography, The Great War: Aftermath and commemoration, edited with Keir Reeves, and Lessons from History: Leading historians tackle Australia's greatest challenges, co-edited with Lyndon Megarrity and David Lowe. Joshua Black is a historian of Australian politics, and currently working as a media adviser and speechwriter.

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