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Left faction (soft Left and hard Left) 74–5, 134
The Machine 78, 98, 102, 108, 111, 135, 213, 248
progressive and less-progressive politics 59
the Progressive Left 62
Right faction 52, 70, 74–9, 102, 106–10, 116, 132, 135, 213, 228, 230–1, 236–7, 248–9, 254, 256, 262, 273, 308, 316
Australian Labor Party reforms and initiatives 150, 168 see also Medicare Gold policy; Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse; Stolen Generations apology; Water for the Future
Australian Labor Party (South Australia) 70, 72, 75, 78–9, 82–3, 100, 106, 109, 111, 136, 138, 228, 248, 255, 267
the Australia Day stack 107–11
the Hindmarsh electorate 116, 118, 128, 137, 150–1, 313
Australian Marriage Equality 227, 275, 280
Australian National Audit Office 180, 182
Australian National University 290
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) 217
Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) 154
Australian Student Traineeship Foundation 125
Australian Submarine Corporation 271
Australian Timber Workers’ Union 90
Australian Union of Students (AUS) 48
Australian Workers’ Union 69
Australian Workplace Agreements 103
Australians for Equality 280
Australia–US defence alliance 294, 300, 306
‘Bali roadmap’ 197
Ballard, Tom 235
Bannon, John 59–60, 75, 82
Barr, Andrew (ACT deputy chief minister) 235–6
Barr Smith Library 12
Barr Smith, Robert 9, 12, 35
Barr Smith Theatre 12, 35
Basel Mission 15
Basin Plan 2012 (Murray–Darling Basin) 185, 186, 191
Beattie, Peter 131
Beazley, Kim (Labor MP) 109, 115–16, 118, 130, 133–5, 151, 153, 155, 158–9, 259, 292, 294
Beddall, David (Labor MP) 88, 90
Behm, Allan (strategic analyst) 246, 291–2, 295, 297, 300–1
Bennett, Dascia 96–9, 105, 111, 124–6 see also Super SA
Bernardi, Cory 238, 276
Bespoke Approach 139
BHP offices (Adelaide) 52
Birmingham, Simon 5, 150, 275, 311–13
Bishop, Julie 295–6
Bitar, Karl (Labor national secretary) 206, 208, 210–11, 224
Blackwood Golf Club 12
Blackwood Uniting Church 105–6
Blainey, Geoffrey (historian) 56
Boff, Leonardo (Brazilian priest) 44
Bolkus, Nick 75–8, 82, 98, 113, 124, 132, 134–40 see also National Library of Australia oral history project
Bolkus Left 76–8, 83, 98, 108, 116, 138
Bolt, Andrew (News Limited columnist) 152
Border Protection Bill 2001 115
Borneo 7, 13–14, 16–17
Boswell, Lois 58–61, 75–6, 79, 83, 228 see also Department of Human Services; Federated Miscellaneous Workers’ Union
Bowen, Chris 242, 247, 252–4, 286
Boxer Rebellion 15
Boyce, Susan 206
Brander, Michael 84, 115
Brandis, George 261, 266
Brereton, Laurie 134
British North Borneo 16
British North Borneo Company (BNBC) 14–15, 20
Brooke, James 13–14
Brown, Bob 211, 227
Brown, Carol 238
Brown, Gordon (former British prime minister) 199
Brunei (sultans of Brunei empire) 13–14
Brut (French website) 260–1
Burke, Tony 184–6, 189, 242
Burrow, Sharan (ACTU) 154
Business Council of Australia 203, 309
Butler, Mark 3, 54, 76–80, 83, 98–9, 102, 106, 109–11, 113, 124, 134–40, 194–5, 213–15, 217, 220, 248, 251, 266, 273, 315 see also Climate Wars
Button, John 127
BuzzFeed 260
Cain, John 154
Calderón, Felipe (former Mexican president) 199
Calwell, Arthur 80
Cameron, Clyde 75, 82
Cameron, Doug 236
Cameron, Terry 81–2
Cantonese people 16
carbon emissions reduction 195, 198
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) 199, 201–2, 204–6, 208–13, 216–17, 220–1, 227, 245
carbon tax 211, 220, 243, 263 see also mining tax
Carr, Bob (former NSW premier) 88, 91–4, 168, 311
Cassidy, Barrie (ABC presenter) 162
Catholic Bishop of Port Pirie 272–3
Centre Alliance 113, 183
Chalmers, Jim 286, 311
Channel Ten Masterchef 226–8
Channel Ten Meet the Press 226, 228
Chapman, Alfred Horsley 12 see also Elder & Co.; National Council of Wool Selling Brokers
Chapman, Alfred Stephen (Penny’s great-great-grandfather) 11–12 see also Elder & Co.
Chapman, Annie nee Horsley (Penny’s great-great-grandmother) 12
Chapman, Charlotte 8
Chapman, Charlotte (Penny’s great-great-great-grandmother) 8–11
Chapman, Esther nee Hannaford (Penny’s grandmother) 13
Chapman, Grant 118
Chapman, Jane (Penny’s mother) 13, 21, 26–9, 31, 34, 41, 58, 83, 106, 230–1 see also Adelaide Central Mission; Australian Journal of Family Therapy
Chapman, Samuel (Penny’s great-great-great grandfather) 8–11, 80, 123
Chapman, Samuel William (Penny’s great-grandfather) 12–13 see also Edialta (now Cherry Gardens)
Chapman, William (Penny’s grandfather) 13
Chemical Weapons Convention 289
Chifley Research Centre 262–3
Children Overboard affair 124, 150
China–Australia Free Trade Agreement 265
China’s Belt and Road Initiative 295
Christian Democrats 234
Citizen Electoral Council 89
Clarendon District 13
Clarke, Ralph 79–80, 108–10, 130
‘classic liberalism’ 35
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) 217
climate change 35, 142, 163, 167–8, 171, 175, 186, 189, 193–5, 198, 200, 202–4, 206–7, 219, 229, 245, 273, 317
Climate Change Authority 217
Climate Wars 194 see also Mark Butler climate-change action 220, 259, 271
climate-change framework 194
climate-change policy 4, 86, 210, 218, 262, 243
climate-change sceptics 163, 204
Clinton, Hillary 199
Colombo Plan 20–3, 122
Colvin, Mark (ABC presenter) 162
Combet, Greg 168, 194, 216–19, 246, 250, 291
Commissioner of State Taxation 137
Committee in Solidarity with Central America and the Caribbean (CISCAC) 51, 53
Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder 174
Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, Sydney x, 288
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 187
Conlon, Pat 54, 76–7, 98–9, 107, 111, 124, 136–9
Conroy, Stephen 242, 251–2
Considine, Professor Mark 309
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) 81, 83, 85, 89–90, 92, 95, 100
Cooke, Kaz 260, 267
Copenhagen Accord 208–9
Cormann, Mathias 245, 310
Coromandel Valley Primary School 1, 7, 30, 34
Costello, Peter 48
Council of Australian Governments (COAG) 178, 179, 180, 198
Crabb, Annabel (journalist) 32, 54, 165
Crawford Australian Leadership Forum 291
Crawford School of Public Policy 290
Crawford School of Public Policy (ANU) 290
Crean, Simon 130, 133–4, 241–2, 250
Crikey 272
Crossin, Trish 238
Crowley, Rosemary 102
Culvahouse, Arthur (US ambassador) 306
Daily Telegraph 312
Daily Telegraph (UK) 164
Daintree Rainforest 87
Darling River 172, 182
Dastyari, Sam 268, 281
Dawkins, John 54–5
Dayak people 13–14, 26
de Bruyn, Joe 236, 248
Delahunty, Mary (author) 252
Delaney, Brigid (The Guardian writer) 260
Department of Climate Change 195
Department of Environment and Energy 177
Department of Finance and the Parliamentary Budget Office 253
Department of Human Services 61, 170
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 177
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 176, 195
Devine, Miranda (journalist) 234–5
Dodson, Pat 281
Downer, Alexander 139
Drum, Patricia (The Killing Season) 194
Drysdale, Peter (Crawford School of Public Policy emeritus professor) 290
Duncan, Peter 75–6, 78, 83, 113
Duncan & Hannon law firm 77, 99–100
Dunstan, Sir Donald (SA state governor) 40
Dunstan government 33, 75, 128 see also Aboriginal land rights; anti-discrimination laws; homosexuality decriminalisation
Durkin, Anthony 99–101
Duterte, Rodrigo (Philippines president) 294
Dutton, Peter 160, 316
Edialta (now Cherry Gardens) 12
Elder, Thomas 8, 11–12
Elder & Co. 11
Ellis, Kate 52, 272, 311
Emerson, Craig 308
emissions reduction framework (cap-and-trade) 200
emissions reduction scheme 200, 220
emissions reduction targets 194, 196, 201, 217
emissions trading scheme (ETS) 201, 203, 205, 209, 211, 216–17, 220
Evans, Gareth 127, 288–9, 292, 297, 300–1, 308
Expenditure Review Committee 246
Extended Medicare Safety Net 141
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 245
Family First 113
Farrell, Don 79, 106–9, 111, 145, 213, 230–3, 248–50, 254–5, 315
Faulkner, John 88–9, 120, 127, 159, 170, 206, 263, 314
Fear of Abandonment (Allan Gyngell) 291
Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia 80, 83, 85
Federated Miscellaneous Workers’ Union 58
Ferguson, Sarah (The Killing Season) 194
Ferris, Jeanie 118
Fierravanti-Wells, Concetta 234
Finniss, Boyle Travers (first SA premier) 9
Flinders University 99, 125
Flinders University Gay Society 58, 76
Folau, Israel 293
Foodbowl Modernisation Project 179–80
Foreign Investment Review Board 266
Foreign Policy White Paper 295
Fraser, Malcolm (former prime minister) 57, 151
Fraser government 29, 117
Frater, Don 58–9, 61, 75–6, 80–1, 83, 203 see also SA Health; Telecom
Friendly Garden 25
Fullilove, Michael (Lowy Institute) 290
FutureAsia program 305
Gailey, Greg (Business Council of Australia) 203
Gallacher, Alex 255
Gallop, Geoff (former WA premier) 131
Gallus, Christine 150
Garnaut, Ross 198, 201–2, 206, 211, 217–18
Garnaut Climate Change Review 198
Garrett, Peter 164, 168
Gartrell, Tim (Labor national secretary) 161–2, 164, 280, 282, 315
gay rights 58, 76, 79, 107, 129, 143–4, 147, 149, 152, 228–9
gay-rights activists 143, 149, 152
Georganas, Steve 116–18, 137–40, 150–1, 311, 313
Gillard, Julia (former prime minister) x, 4, 62, 73–4, 83, 90, 134–5, 153, 158–9, 167–8, 184, 194, 199–200, 209–16, 220, 223, 229–31, 234, 236–7, 240–3, 245, 248, 250–2, 308, 315 see also Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)
and Australian Union of Students (AUS) 48
the Gonski report (Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools) 246
and My Story 235
the National Disability Insurance Scheme 246
and Unley High School 34
Global Heads of Mission Meeting 2017 295–6
Gonski report (Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools) 246
Gouger, Robert (colonial secretary Adelaide) 8
‘graduate tax’ 54–5, 59–60
Grant, Shane 38, 41, 83
Grattan, Michelle (journalist) 236
Grech, Godwin 205
Green, Antony (ABC election analyst) 285
greenhouse gas emissions 196, 208, 270
Greenslade, Francis 54
Greentree, James 62
Greenwich, Alex (Australian Marriage Equality) 227
Griffith University 296
Guangdong 14 see also Hakka people; Han Chinese
Gyngell, Allan (Fear of Abandonment) 291, 297
Hakka people 14–17, 19–20, 26
Hall, Steele 57
Hamilton, Andrew 47–51, 63–5, 85
Han Chinese 14
Hand, Gerry 77
Hannah Tian Hoong (Penny’s daughter) 126, 169, 270, 272–3, 281–2, 285
Hannon, Karen 100
Hannon, Peter 100–2
Hanson, Pauline 122–3, 266
Hanson-Young, Sarah 172, 216, 234, 238, 255, 280
Hawke, Bob (former prime minister) 87
Hawke government 51, 87, 224
Hawke–Keating government 51, 54, 60, 62, 70, 75, 127, 202, 224, 264 see also ‘graduate tax’
He Yafei (Chinese negotiator) 199
High Court 279–80
Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) 60
Hill, Diana 35–6
Hill, John 110
Hill, Robert 35, 118, 120
Hillier, Gavin 83, 90–93, 95–96 see also Australian Timber Workers’ Union; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
Hinch, Derryn 278, 281
HMS Cygnet 9–10, 13, 123
Hockey, Joe 238
homosexuality decriminalisation 33, 144
Hong Xiuquan 15 see also Hakka people; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; Taiping Rebellion
Hoover, Herbert 300
Howard, Anthea 56, 63, 65
Howard, John (former prime minister) 36, 87, 90, 116–18, 123–4, 135, 141, 144–6, 148–56, 161–4, 178, 203, 220, 229, 270, 290, 308–9, 312
Howard government 35, 100, 132–3, 142, 158–60, 174–7, 188 see also Children Overboard affair; Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) 2004 amendments; Murray–Darling Basin Authority; Pacific Solution; Water Act 2007 (Cth) and the Border Protection Bill 2001 115
the Living Murray program 176
and One Australia immigration policy 56, 58, 78
Hunt, Greg 204
Hunter, Ian 58, 76–8, 83, 108, 124, 187 see also AIDS Action Committee; Flinders University Gay Society; South Australian Minister for Water and the River Murray 2016; Young Labor
Husic, Ed 316
Industrial Relations Court of South Australia 101, 102, 103
Inside the Greens (Paddy Manning) 211
Jackson, Sharryn 121, 124–5, 131, 134–5, 151
Jackson, Steve 65
Jaensch, Dean (political analyst) 178
James Hardie 154
James Hardie Prize in architecture 21
Jesselton Ice and Power Co. 17
John Button Memorial Lecture 223–6, 231, 244, 262, 292
John Button Memorial Lecture 2010 223–6, 231, 244, 262, 292
John Laws radio program 56
Johns, Gary 107
Johnson, Carol (political scientist) 73, 147–8, 270
Johnson, Michael 3
Johnston, David 271
Jones, St
ephen 238
Jones, Tony (ABC presenter) 179, 228–9
Joyce, Alan (CEO Qantas) 279
Joyce, Barnaby 183–4, 187–8
Kadazan people 27
Karzis, George 61–2, 66
Keating, Paul (former prime minister) 3, 23, 86, 88–90, 310–11
Keating government 86–7, 91, 107, 224
Kelleher, Terri (Australian Family Association) 234
Kelly, Fran (ABC presenter) 287, 303
Kelly, Paul (Triumph and Demise) 167–8, 171, 194, 210, 244–5
Kelty, Bill (former ACTU secretary) 93, 95
Keneally, Kristina 315–16
Ker, Peter 40
Kerr, Christian 54
Kim Jong-un (North Korean leader) 287
Kinabalu International School 28–9
Kingdom of Sarawak 13–14
Kingston, George 10
Kirk, Linda 73, 102, 111, 118, 130
Kirner, Joan (former Victorian premier) 73, 131
Knowles, Craig 91, 185–6
Kota Kinabala (Sabah) 1, 24–5, 31
Kruk, Robyn 177
Kyoto Protocol 164–5, 196
Lai Fung Shim (Penny’s grandmother) 16–20, 25–6, 31–2, 71, 121
Lamb, Andrew 49, 63–6
Latham, Mark 86–7, 90, 133–5, 145, 150–3, 158, 312
Law, Benjamin 253
Lawrence, Carmen (former WA premier) 73, 145, 154
Leddy, Barry 102
Lee, Loris 32
Lee Yuan Kew School of Public Policy Singapore 297, 302
liberal democracy 53
Liberal Party 4, 36, 47, 49–51, 57, 65–6, 87, 116, 148, 161, 163, 168, 216, 239, 251, 275–6
Liberal–National Coalition 56, 163, 191, 204, 205, 217–18, 238, 254, 272, 275, 286, 305, 309
Light, Colonel William 8–10
Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture 276–8
Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers’ Union (Missos) 77, 100, 102, 121
Littleproud, David 191
Living Murray program 176
Locke, John 277–8
Loosley, Stephen (journalist) 152
Lowy Institute 290, 296, 305–6
Ludwig, Joe 230
Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio (former Brazilian president) 199
MacCallum, Mungo (political commentator) 165
Macdonald, Ian 260–1
Macfarlane, Ian 204–5
Macklin, Jenny 153, 158–9, 245, 250 see also Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Macphee, Ian 57
Maiden, Samantha (journalist) 54, 130, 132, 253
Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate 215
Malaysia 1, 7, 14, 16
Malaysian Bahasa 26
Malaysian Institute of Architects (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia, PAM) 22
Manning, Paddy (Inside the Greens) 211
Marles, Richard 305, 316