Author: HENRY MAYERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
THE GWYDIR BY-ELECTION\
The Gwydir By-election, 1953
Author: Australian National UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
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The Nationals
Author: Paul DaveyPublisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862875265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Nationals tells the story of the NSW National Party from its foundation in 1919 as The Progressive Party to the contemporary era under Andrew Stoner's leadership. Paul Davey, a former Federal Director and NSW General Secretary, writes with an insider's knowledge of the politics, policies and personalities that have shaped the modern party. His research is comprehensive including unfettered access to party archives. Emerging in the wake of World War I, The Progressive Party splits after only two years when seven of its 15 members refuse to join a coalition government. These dissidents become known as the True Blues and are the founding parliamentary members of the Country and subsequent National Party. The party grows into one of the largest political organisations in the country, boasting nearly 50,000 financial members in New South Wales in the 1980s. It fights off merger proposals and survives, despite constant predictions of impending doom, as the only party which exclusively represents rural and regional New South Wales. The State party is also highly influential in the national context; every Federal Leader since John McEwen's retirement in 1971 has come from New South Wales. The Nationals is as much about people as policies. Davey studied a myriad of documents and interviewed a wide cross-section of party figures including all surviving State and Federal leaders. The studies and candid comments shed new light on people, policies and incidents ranging from Mick Bruxner's and David Drummond's building of inland roads, railways and country education facilities to Charles Cutler's fight for State Aid for Independent schools; from the repulse of the Joh for Canberra campaign and Pauline Hanson's One Nation to the challenge of Independents; from sometimes poisonous relations with the United Australia and Liberal parties to the State's longest serving Coalition Government; from relations with the media, especially the country press, to the role of women and young people in the organisation; from the threats posed by changing demographics and electoral redistributions to the push by Doug Anthony to change the name from Country Party to National Country Party and later National Party. The Nationals tells the story of a unique organisation - a political party that is not factionalised and that, despite occasional defections (not new in any party) remains remarkably stable. It has had only nine State and 11 Federal parliamentary leaders in its entire history to date. Moreover, while at times recording an apparently small share of the vote, it consistently returns a forceful block of members to the New South Wales and Commonwealth parliaments and wields, some would say disproportionately so, a significant influence on Australia's political direction. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.
Blue Book
Author: New South WalesJoint Volumes of Papers Presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly
Author: New South Wales. ParliamentPublisher:
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Includes various departmental reports and reports of commissions. Cf. Gregory. Serial publications of foreign governments, 1815-1931.
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New South Wales. ParliamentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Ninety Not Out
Author: Paul DaveyPublisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 1742231667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
The Nationals, originally the Australian Country Party, is the second oldest political party in Australia. This is the first comprehensive study of the federal Nationals since 1963. Highlights the political fortunes of an organisation that is often disregarded by the mainstream media.
Statistical Register
Author: New South Wales. Statistician's Office (Sydney).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Journal
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description