LEADER 03270nam 2200649 450 001 9910781207203321 005 20230725050448.0 010 $a1-74224-548-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039568 035 $a(EBL)816010 035 $a(OCoLC)758478403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542485 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12167715 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542485 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10510877 035 $a(PQKB)10670216 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6215982 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC816010 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC769833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL769833 035 $a(OCoLC)751695620 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039568 100 $a20200920d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe way they were $ethe view from the hill of the 25 years that remade Australia /$fAlan Ramsey ; with illustrations by Ward O'Neill, Geoff Prior and Michael Mucci 210 1$aSydney, NSW :$cNewSouth,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (576 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-306-09627-8 311 $a1-74223-271-X 327 $aAcknowledgements; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 PEOPLE; Chapter 2 THE WORM TURNS; Chapter 3 MORE PEOPLE; Chapter 4 CURSE THE PRESS; Chapter 5 EIGHT CENTS A DAY; Chapter 6 HOW THE EAST WAS LOST; Chapter 7 HOW THE WEST WAS WON; Chapter 8 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC; Chapter 9 THE DEEP NORTH; Chapter 10 THE CLATTER OF POLITICS; Chapter 11 THE KEATING FACTOR; Chapter 12 A ONCE GREAT PARTY; Chapter 13 EVEN MORE PEOPLE; Chapter 14 CITIZEN MURDOCH; Chapter 15 SLASH AND BURN; Chapter 16 A LONG AND WINDING ROAD; Chapter 17 WHATARE WE?; Chapter 18 ANIMAL ACTS; Chapter 19 GENTLE ON OUR MIND 327 $aChapter 20 WHEN THE BUGLE SOUNDSChapter 21 KOKODA; Chapter 22 100,000 WAR DEAD; Chapter 23 REMEMBRANCE; Chapter 24 DEPARTURES; INDEX 330 $aFor many years reading Alan Ramsey's vitriolic, confronting but always engaging and insightful pieces in the Sydney Morning Herald was a standard feature of Saturday mornings for many Australians. He may have disappeared from our Saturday papers but he certainly hasn't been forgotten- by those who applauded his opinions, those he enraged, and by the politicians he wrote about. From mid-1987 to the end of 2008, no one had greater access to our national parliament and politicians than Alan Ramsey. From the granite quarry of national politics in Canberra, Ramsey wrote 2273 columns for the Sydney 606 $aPolitical parties$zAustralia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical parties$zAustralia$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aJournalism$zAustralia 607 $aAustralia$xPolitics and government$y2001- 607 $aAustralia$xPolitics and government$y1990-2001 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory 615 0$aJournalism 676 $a079.94 700 $aRamsey$b Alan$01476801 702 $aO'Neill$b Ward$f1951- 702 $aPrior$b Geoff 702 $aMucci$b Michael$f1962- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781207203321 996 $aThe way they were$93691584 997 $aUNINA