Tales from boom town : Western Australian premiers from Brand to McGowan / Peter Kennedy
- Bib ID:
- 7895459
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kennedy, Peter, author
- Edition:
- Revised and updated.
- Description:
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- Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2019
- ©2019
- xxiv, 388 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760800246 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy has spent nearly fifty years observing twelve premiers of Western Australia, across an extraordinary period of change in the state's history, from 1970 to 2019. His insider account reveals issues linked with the jailing of two premiers and a deputy premier, the ruthless removal of a premier mid-term, the election of the nation's first female premier, and the sensational 'WA Inc' Royal Commission. With his distinctive style of commentary, Kennedy notes how the changes in the twelve premiers reflect the development of the state, revealing the personal manoeuvrings linked with a number of key decisions. Interviewing former premiers, prime ministers and other national figures, the result is a lively book about how politics is played in the boom - bust West, still clearly an economic powerhouse of the twenty-first century in Australia. This updated and revised edition covers Mark McGowan's first two years as WA Premier after a landslide victory over Colin Barnett in the 2017 state election. It also features a foreword by the ABC's election analyst, Antony Green, that addresses the need for reform in the Legislative Council.
- Notes:
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- Foreword by Antony Green.
- First published in 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Premiers -- Western Australia -- Biography
- Politicians -- Western Australia -- 20th century
- Politicians -- Western Australia -- 21st century
- Politics & government
- Australia -- Politics and government
- Western Australia -- Politics and government
- Western Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Green, Antony, writer of foreword
- Also Titled:
- Tales from boomtown.
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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