Inside the Hawke Keating government : a cabinet diary / / Gareth Evans

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965459703321
• Autore: Evans Gareth J. <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Carlton, Vic., : Melbourne University Press Digital, 2014
• ISBN: 9780522866438; 0522866433
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 994.06
• Soggetti: Australia Politics and government 1976-1990
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Cabinet Diary -- Attorney-General -- September-December 1984 -- Minister for Resources and EnergyMinister Assisting the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister -- December 1984 -- January-March 1985 -- April-June 1985 -- July-September 1985 -- October-December 1985 -- January-March 1986 -- April-June 1986 -- July-October 1986 -- Hawke-Keating Government Members 1984-1986 -- Biographical Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.