Research Catalog

Title

Yes premier : labor leadership in Australia's states and territories / edited by John Wanna and Paul Williams ; caricatures by Bob Faulkner.

Publication

Sydney, N.S.W : University of New South Wales Press, 2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Wanna, John.
• Williams, Paul D.

Description

273 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

This look at Labor leadership focuses on the big names of state and territory Labor politics: Carr, Beattie, Bracks, Rann, Gallop, Martin, Stanhope and Bacon/Lennon. Includes a chapter on each state or territory, and in each case focuses on the leader who has led their party to power.

Subject

• Australian Labor Party > Biography
• Prime ministers > Australia > Biography
• Politicians > Australia > Biography
• Australia > Politics and government

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• "The Australian and New Zealand School of Government ANZSOG Program on Government, Politics and Public Management"--P. facing t.p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The twilight zone of state leaders / John Wanna and Paul Williams -- 2. Bob Carr: The unexpected Colossus / David Clune -- 3. Peter Beattie: The 'boy from Atherton' made good / John Wanna and Paul Williams -- 4. Steve Bracks: Victoria's 'nice guy' who won against the odds / Brian Costar and David Hayward -- 5. Geoff Gallop: A new generation Labor man / Harry Phillips and David Black -- 6. Clare Martin: The 'discreet revolutionist' / David Carment -- 7. Jon Stanhope: What you see is what you get / Gwynneth Singleton -- 8. Mike Rann: A fortunate 'king of spin' / Haydon Manning -- 9. Jim Bacon/Paul Lennon: The changing of the guard -- from 'the Emperor' to 'Big Red' / Tony McCall and Peter Hay -- 10. Leaders and the leadership challenge / Brian Head, John Wanna and Paul Williams.

ISBN

0868408409

OCLC

• 1243754357
• SCSB-10969955

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library