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Recollections of a bleeding heart : a portrait of Paul Keating PM

Watson, Don, 1949-2011
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In December 1991 Paul Keating wrested the role of Prime Minister from Bob Hawke and the bruises from that struggle were part of the baggage he brought to the job: the other parts included the worst recession in 60 years and an electorate determined to make him pay for it. Keating defied the odds and won the 1993 election, and in his four years as Prime Minister set Australia on a new course - towards engagement with Asia, a republic, reconciliation, a social democracy built on a modern export-based economy and sophisticated public systems of education and training, health and social security. Widely regarded as a quintessential economic rationalist, Keating's record clearly shows that his vision was infinitely broader and more complex.
Main title:
Recollections of a bleeding heart : a portrait of Paul Keating PM / Don Watson ; with a foreword by Carmen Lawrence ; and afterword by Don Watson.
Edition:
Anniversary ed.
Imprint:
North Sydney, N.S.W. : Vintage Books, c2011.
Collation:
xix, 784 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. [747]-748) and index.Also available in an electronic version via the Internet.
ISBN:
9781742751993
Dewey class:
994.065092994.065
Language:
English
BRN:
49789
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Kathleen Syme Carlton-BiographyBIOG 994.065 KEATOn loan - Due: 14 Jul 2026
Library at the Dock-BiographyBIOG 994.065 KEATOn loan - Due: 12 Jul 2026
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