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Peter Baume interviewed by Ron Hurst for the Parliament's oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2278772
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Baume, Peter, 1935-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission required for research and personal copies; access closed for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1991-1992 
11 cassettes (ca. 660 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

Parliament's oral history project.

Summary

Honourable Professor Peter Erne Baume, speaks about his family background; medical studies and work as an intern at Royal North Shore Hospital; his lack of political consciousness; joining the Liberal Party; 1974 Senate election; involvement in Senate committees; the dismissal of the Whitlam government and the 1975 election; Australia's drug problem; The Aboriginal Affairs portfolio and issues dealt with such as health, land rights, education and self-determination for Aboriginal people; Charles Perkins; negotiations with the state governments over Aboriginal services; issues while Minister for Education including state aid to private schools and amalgamations of universities and colleges; his interests outside parliament; his disagreements with Liberal Party policy and his eventual resignation from the Ministry over Equal Opportunity legislation; the immigration issue; the Senate Estimates Committee; his thoughts on the Liberal Party and his own philosophy on the responsibilities of the state; and his career since retirement from politics.

Biography/History

Baume was a Liberal Senator for N.S.W. from May 1974 to 1990. He was the Minister for Education, 1982-1983 and Aboriginal Affairs, 1980-1982

Notes

Parliament's Oral History Project is an ongoing project administered by the Australian Parliamentary Library focussing on retired parliamentarians and their political careers.

Recorded between 22 July 1991 and 7 July 1992.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript (171 p.) and index available. 
Subjects Baume, Peter, - 1935- - Interviews.  |  Liberal Party of Australia.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Government policy.  |  Politicians - Australia - Interviews.  |  Australia - Politics and government - 1976-1990.
Other authors/contributors Hurst, Ron, Interviewer  |  Australia. Department of the Parliamentary Library

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