A Cabinet Diary: A Personal Record of the First Keating GovernmentThis day-to-day record of the first Keating government from its inauguration in December 1991 to its electoral victory in March 1993 - the unwinnable election - captures the immediate dynamics of cabinet government over times of turmoil, hope and despair. |
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