Author

Publication

2015 - NewSouth, Sydney, NSW, Australia, New South Wales

Language

English

Word Count

76,500 words, Guess

Page Count

306 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781742234335
  • ISBN-139781742247298
  • ISBN-139781742242002
  • ISBN-10174223433X
  • ISBN-101742247296
and 5 more

Classifications

  • LCCDU270 .D38 2015
  • LCCDU270.D38 2015
  • LCCDU272.B53 D38 2015

Alternate Titles

  • Joh for prime minister

Description

Unfolding like a political thriller, Joh for PM reveals for the first time the details of the campaign that rocked Australian politics. In 1987 the Queensland Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, launched an audacious bid to break the federal Opposition Coalition, replace Ian Sinclair as National Party leader, and become Prime Minister himself. Trench warfare waged between the Sinclair and Joh forces during one of the most bizarre and divisive periods in Australian politics. In Joh for PM National Party insider Paul Davey reveals what went on behind closed doors in top-level internal meetings and the strategies aimed at thwarting the Joh campaign and reuniting the party at state and federal levels.

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Other Editions

  • Joh for PM: the inside story of an extraordinary political dramaNewSouth2015-01-01

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