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He has been one of Australia’s most controversial prime ministers, leading the Liberal Party to victory over four elections and becoming the second-longest-serving PM in the nation’s history. John Winston Howard is the face of the modern Liberal Party, an economic radical and social conservative whose ideology has united many Australians and divided just as many others. But what people often forget is that long before he became Prime Minister, John Howard was an idealistic politician.
This book looks back over 30 years in politics, and at the changes Howard has seen both inside and outside the Government during that time. From his modest beginnings, to his steep ascent in Liberal Party ranks, and subsequent time in the wilderness during the Coalition’s opposition years, to a victory almost no one had predicted, and on to some of the most tumultuous years in Australia’s recent past, this is history seen through the eyes of the ultimate insider. Here, Howard tells how he responded on issues vital to Australia, such as gun control, East Timor and the relationship with Indonesia, the aftermath of 9/11, and the rising tide of asylum-seekers.
Lazarus Rising takes us through the life and motivations of John Howard, and through the forces which have changed and shaped both him and the country he led for 11 years.
The most significant Australian autobiography of the year, this is John Winston Howard in his own words. Not only did he lead the country for eleven years, he is still the most important conservative since Sir Robert Menzies. Lazarus Rising is a unique view of Australian politics, through the eyes of the ultimate insider.
| Early Life and the Fraser Government | p. 1 |
| The Source | p. 3 |
| Indulging the Taste | p. 26 |
| Drummoyne | p. 39 |
| Regrouping and Rebuilding | p. 44 |
| 'The Only Game in Town' | p. 49 |
| A Safe Seat | p. 58 |
| The Honourable Member for Bennelong | p. 68 |
| Fraser Takes Over | p. 76 |
| The Dismissal | p. 81 |
| A Minister | p. 90 |
| 'May I Speak to the Treasurer?' | p. 98 |
| 'Your Indirect Tax Is Dead, Cobber' | p. 113 |
| Fooled by Flinders | p. 124 |
| The Opposition Years | p. 137 |
| Peacock vs Howard | p. 139 |
| Leader by Accident | p. 149 |
| Joh for PM | p. 155 |
| The Coup | p. 171 |
| The 'Unlosable' Election | p. 185 |
| Lazarus Has his Triple Bypass | p. 198 |
| The Road to the Lodge | p. 214 |
| The Howard Government | p. 229 |
| Shaping the Government | p. 231 |
| Seizing the Day on Guns | p. 247 |
| Pauline Hanson | p. 255 |
| The Foundation Budget | p. 263 |
| The Challenge of Indigenous Policy | p. 270 |
| On the Waterfront | p. 287 |
| The Holy Grail of Tax Reform | p. 302 |
| We Still Want You, Ma'am - the Republican Debate | p. 317 |
| The Liberation of East Timor | p. 336 |
| An Excess of Excise - the Pre-Tampa Recovery | p. 359 |
| Washington, 11 September 2001 | p. 376 |
| MV Tampa | p. 393 |
| The Bali Attack | p. 411 |
| Iraq | p. 423 |
| George Bush | p. 462 |
| Blue Collars and Green Sleeves - Latham's Implosion | p. 476 |
| The Human Dividend | p. 486 |
| Shakespeare in Mandarin | p. 498 |
| Asia First - Not Asia Only | p. 513 |
| A Wonder Down Under | p. 532 |
| Our Warm, Dry Land | p. 548 |
| Billy Gets a Job, but Who Cares? | p. 560 |
| Shopping Centres, Boardrooms and Dressing Rooms | p. 586 |
| The Leadership | p. 599 |
| The Tide Runs Out | p. 626 |
| Reflections | p. 653 |
| Appendix | p. 659 |
| Notes | p. 664 |
| Author's Notes | p. 668 |
| Credits | p. 675 |
| Index | p. 676 |
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ISBN: 9780732289959
ISBN-10: 0732289955
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 512
Published: 1st November 2010
Dimensions (cm): 16.0 x 24.3
x 5.9
Weight (kg): 1.138
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