| Bib ID |
716656 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
Commins, John Bede, 1913 -
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
1971 Mar. 22-26.
2 tape reels ; 5 in.
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| Series |
Mel Pratt collection.
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| Summary |
Commins discusses the Japanese threat to Australia in World War II; John Curtin; public reaction to Macarthur; Dr Evatt; Eddie Ward; Duke of Gloucester; recall of Australian troops; Ben Chifley; the Labour government; Mr Dedman as "Mr Austerity"; national security regulations; transition from war to peace; referendum of 1946; Senator McKenna; bank nationalisation; the depression; Lord Casey; Industrial Groups (Groupers); communism; Dr Evatt; Hobart conference; Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communists); Democratic Labor Party; Arthur Calwell; R.G. Menzies; Sir Warwick Fairfax and Menzies; Australian manufacturing industry; iron ore; F-111s; Labor Party as opposition; Gough Whitlam; Hugh Dash; Ray Maley; Stewart Cockburn; Tony Eggleton; Harold Holt; John Gorton; Mr Fairbairn; Mr St John; Malcolm Fraser; Scott; Irwin; Billy McMahon; Whitlam as Prime Minister; future of the DLP; Senator Gair; future of the Country Party; Sir John McEwen; Ian Sinclair; Doug Anthony; government use of Parliament; Australian attitude to politics; Bill Ashley.
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| Biography/History |
John Commons was a member of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and head of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Federal Parliamentary Bureau. |
| Notes |
Recorded at Canberra.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 41 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Commins, John Bede, - 1913- - Interviews. | Journalists - Australia - Interviews. | Australia - Politics and government.
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| Other Authors |
Pratt, Mel
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