Tales from boom town : Western Australian premiers from Brand to Barnett / Peter Kennedy.

By: Kennedy, Peter [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 326 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 23 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742585338 :; 1742585337Other title: Western Australian premiers from Brand to BarnettSubject(s): Prime ministers -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography | Politicians -- Western Australia -- 20th century | Politicians -- Western Australia -- 21st century | Premiers -- Western Australia | Western Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century | Western Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Australia -- Politics and government | Western Australia -- History -- 20th century | Western Australia | Former Premiers | Premiers | Political conditions | Political leadership | Federal state relations | Burke, Brian | Dowding, Peter | Lawrence, Carmen | Court, Richard | Gallop, Geoff | Carpenter, Alan | Barnett, Colin | History | Biography | Court, Charles | AustralianDDC classification: 324.2092 LOC classification: JQ 5524 | .K46 2014
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Hazard at the First Hurdle: Charles Court and Brian Burke -- ch. 2 The Record Term Premier: David Brand 1959--71 -- ch. 3 The Unlucky Premier: John Tonkin 1971--74 -- ch. 4 In the Saddle at Last: Charles Court 1974--82 -- ch. 5 The Forgotten Premier: Ray O'Connor 1982--83 -- ch. 6 Young Man in a Hurry: Brian Burke 1983--88 -- ch. 7 Poisoned Chalice: Peter Dowding 1988--90 -- ch. 8 Australia's First Woman Premier: Carmen Lawrence 1990--93 -- ch. 9 In His Father's Footsteps: Richard Court 1993--2001 -- ch. 10 The Academic Premier: Geoff Gallop 2001--6 -- ch. 11 Election Rush: Alan Carpenter 2006--8 -- ch. 12 The Emperor: Colin Barnett 2008--.
Summary: "Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy spent more than forty years observing politics in Western Australia across an extraordinary period of change in the state's history, from 1970 to 2013. His insider's account reveals first-hand the issues linked with changes to the social fabric of Australia; the jailing of two Premiers and a deputy Premier; the ruthless removal of a Premier mid-term; the election of the nation's first female Premier, and the sensational 'WA Inc' Royal Commission. Kennedy interviewed widely--including key national figures--to make this account of how the boom-bust WEst was led into its status as an economic powerhouse of the twenty first century."--Back cover.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographic references (pages 307-310) and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Hazard at the First Hurdle: Charles Court and Brian Burke -- ch. 2 The Record Term Premier: David Brand 1959--71 -- ch. 3 The Unlucky Premier: John Tonkin 1971--74 -- ch. 4 In the Saddle at Last: Charles Court 1974--82 -- ch. 5 The Forgotten Premier: Ray O'Connor 1982--83 -- ch. 6 Young Man in a Hurry: Brian Burke 1983--88 -- ch. 7 Poisoned Chalice: Peter Dowding 1988--90 -- ch. 8 Australia's First Woman Premier: Carmen Lawrence 1990--93 -- ch. 9 In His Father's Footsteps: Richard Court 1993--2001 -- ch. 10 The Academic Premier: Geoff Gallop 2001--6 -- ch. 11 Election Rush: Alan Carpenter 2006--8 -- ch. 12 The Emperor: Colin Barnett 2008--.

"Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy spent more than forty years observing politics in Western Australia across an extraordinary period of change in the state's history, from 1970 to 2013. His insider's account reveals first-hand the issues linked with changes to the social fabric of Australia; the jailing of two Premiers and a deputy Premier; the ruthless removal of a Premier mid-term; the election of the nation's first female Premier, and the sensational 'WA Inc' Royal Commission. Kennedy interviewed widely--including key national figures--to make this account of how the boom-bust WEst was led into its status as an economic powerhouse of the twenty first century."--Back cover.

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