I’d been at a lot of (Hawke’s) important speeches: the Hyde Park rally in ’75, when he’d memorably said (some things you remember), apropos of Bjelke-Petersen and daylight saving, ‘Joh thinks the sun shines out of his arse, and he’s not getting up that early for anyone!’.
Entries Tagged as 'Queensland'
Sir Joh’s Arse – “Goodbye Jerusalem: Night Thoughts of a Labor Outsider” – Bob Ellis
September 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Australian Labor Party, Politics, Queensland, Quotes
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What About Conscription of Wealth? – “The Light on the Hill” – Ross McMullin
August 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Australian Labor Party, History, Leadership, Politics, Progressive Politics, Queensland, Security Policy, WW1
As the only government or opposition leader in state or federal parliament to campaign against conscription in 1916, TJ Ryan was calm, logical and effective, frequently asserting that the labour movement could not be expected to tolerate conscription of men when so little had been done to conscript wealth; it was the last man without [...]
Ryan’s Death – A Shattering Blow – “The Light on the Hill” – Ross McMullin
August 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Australian Labor Party, Politics, Queensland
Ryan felt ill and very tired as he began the long journey (against advice from friends and colleagues) north from Melbourne to assist Dunstan’s campaign (in the 1921 Maranoa by-election) among the people he used to represent in the Queensland parliament. He began coughing blood, but persisted with his schedule. The night before polling day [...]
A Sorry End – “The Light on the Hill” – Ross McMullin
August 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Australian Labor Party, Politics, Queensland
(Anderson Dawson), The ex-miner whose name was taught to generations of Queensland schoolchildren as ‘the first Labor premier in the world’ died in July 1910 of alcoholism.
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The First Labor Government in the World – “The Light on the Hill” – Ross McMullin
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Australian Labor Party, Economics, Politics, Progressive Politics, Queensland
Dawson and Kidston sought support from dissident conservatives, and received sufficient assurances from them to persuade caucus that it was a worthwhile opportunity to demonstrate Labor’s willingness to govern. The first Labor government in the world, an unthinkable phenomenon in some quarters, was sworn in amid amazed gasps and shaking of heads on 1 December [...]
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Brisbane – “Johnno” – David Malouf
June 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Australian, Literature, Poetry, Queensland, Quotes
I might grow old in Brisbane, but I would never grow up.’ Brisbane is so sleepy, so slatternly, so sprawlingly unlovely… It is simply the most ordinary place in the world…It was so shabby and makeshift … a place where poetry could never occur.
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“Johnno”, David Malouf
August 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Australian, biography, Literature, Queensland
Synopsis: Thinly veiled autobiographical account of David Malouf’s adolescence and early adulthood and his changing relationships with his eponymous best friend, Johnno and the town of his birth, Brisbane. A must for all Queenslanders. My Take: I have a very warm spot in my heart for David Malouf. He’s the kind of writer that I [...]
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"Joh Speak", Alan Price, Elizabeth Hancock and Erik Scholz
June 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Australian, Politics, Queensland, Quotes
Synopsis: Collection of wit and wisdom from The Best Premier Queensland has ever had ™, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Don’t laugh – Peter Beattie was still making pilgrimages to Bethany two election cycles ago… My Take: Much like Joh himself, there’s nothing fancy to this book, just a collection of The Flying Peanut’s more memorable quotes. It [...]
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