Ninety Not Out: The Nationals 1920-2010Focusing on the National Party, this history shares the extraordinary story of a political organization--large in grassroots members, yet small in parliamentary terms--that has made an enormous and largely unrecognized contribution to Australia’s social and economic development. A colorful and interesting read, this comprehensive study highlights the structure, achievements, failures, and internal conflicts of Australia’s second oldest political party. This informative record will especially interest those with a fascination for Australian political history. |
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Contents
Flexing muscles | 15 |
Runs on the board | 31 |
Depression and Opposition | 43 |
Tragedy triumph and downfall | 53 |
Fadden takes the reins | 69 |
Rocky years | 85 |
Fadden to McEwen | 102 |
The veto | 121 |
An era ends dramatically | 257 |
The brief reign ofCharles Blunt | 275 |
Moulding party andCoalition interests | 287 |
Is this the joy ofgovernment? | 298 |
Delivering for the bush | 316 |
Internal issues andinternational disaster | 330 |
Timing for change | 346 |
Rebelling or revertingto type? | 363 |
New era new name | 135 |
The night of the long prawns | 149 |
The dismissal | 163 |
Return to government | 170 |
Innovation in difficult times | 187 |
Back to Opposition | 200 |
Joh for Canberra | 214 |
Tentatively back to Coalition | 240 |
The Nixon Report | 248 |
Infiltrators and dissidents | 370 |
Amalgamators | 379 |
90 Not Out | 391 |
Appendices | 402 |
Notes | 427 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ninety Not Out: The Nationals 1920-2010 |
| Author | Paul Davey |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | UNSW Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1742231667, 9781742231662 |
| Length | 480 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Australia & New Zealand Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties |
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