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Marr, David (journalist) 116, 207
Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) 2004 amendments 145–8, 227, 229, 270
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 281
Marshall, Gavin 238
McEwen, Anne 138–9, 255
McKinnon Prize 2019 308
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) 38
Medicare 141, 230, 263, 276
Medicare Gold policy 150
Menzies Lecture 2002 133
Merkel, Angela (former German chancellor) 199
Micallef, Shaun 54
Millennium Drought 174–5
Mills, Richard (Uranium Policy Review Committee) 62
Milne, Christine 143, 194, 205–6, 209, 211, 216–18, 220, 223, 227–9, 263
Milne, Glenn (News Limited journalist) 197
mining tax 241, 243–4, 247, 259 see also carbon tax
Monash University 48
Mooney, Tom 230
Moran, Terry (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary) 176
Morrison, Scott (prime minister) 284, 287
Morrison government 54
Mr Wong and the Travelling Czechs 42
Mr Wong’s Authentic Malaysian Duck Pizza 42
Murphy, Katherine (political journalist) 262–3, 281, 286–7
Murray cod (ponde) 173
Murray River 10, 132, 172–4, 179, 189
Murray–Darling Basin 172–83, 186, 190 see also Basin Plan 2012; Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Murray–Darling Basin Agreement 173–7
Murray–Darling Basin Authority 173, 179, 185–8, 191 see also Craig Knowles; Mike Taylor
Murray–Darling Basin ministerial council 178
Murray–Darling Basin Plan 168, 176, 178, 180–2, 184–6, 188–9, 191
Murray–Darling Basin Royal Commission 2018 171, 181, 186–7, 188, 191
MV Tampa 115
My Story 235 see also Julia Gillard (former prime minister)
National Action organisation 84, 115
National Council of Wool Selling Brokers 12
National Disability Insurance Scheme 246
National Forest Policy Statement 92
National Library of Australia oral history project 138
National Organisation of Labor Students 129
National Party 96, 191, 275
National Union of Students (NUS) 48, 67
Nelson, Brendan 195, 203
Neville, Lisa 187
News Corp 45
Newspoll 88, 242
Nile, Fred 234
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) 40
non-sexist language policy 41
North Borneo 7, 20
North East Forest Alliance 92
Oakes, Laurie 253
Oakeshott, Rob 184, 216
Obama, Barack (former US president) 199, 208, 293, 294
O’Connor, Michael (CFMEU) 83, 90
Olenich, John (Penny’s former principal adviser) 3–4, 116, 128–30, 132–3, 141, 143, 154–5, 157, 195–7, 200, 211, 230
On Dit (Adelaide University student newspaper) 48, 53, 63, 65
One Australia immigration policy 56, 58, 78
One Nation 116, 133, 286, 309
Opposition Expenditure Review Committee 307–8
Ortega, Daniel (Nicaraguan president) 52
Orwell, George (Nineteen Eighty-Four) 40
Overseas Students’ Union 66
Pacific Solution 115, 146
Palmer, Clive 286
Parliament House 4
Parliament House blockade 85–6, 89–90
Payne, Marisa 162
Pearce, Matthew 160
Penberthy, David (News Corp journalist) 45–6, 51–3, 65
Penny Wong Senate Estimates Committee Doll (Kaz Cooke) 260
Pirandello, Luigi (Six Characters in Search of an Author) 40
Plibersek, Tanya 151–2, 228, 268, 272, 286, 316
Pompeo, Mike (US secretary of state) 287
ponde (Murray cod) 173
Pratt, Louise (Labor MP) 238
Productivity Commission 180, 182–3
Progressive Education Team 54–5, 59
protectionism 265, 293
Pyne, Christopher 47–9, 54, 249, 271, 280
Qing Dynasty 15
Racial Discrimination Act 261, 309
racial vilification proposal 79, 84, 108
racism xii, 1–3, 6–8, 22–3, 29–31, 57, 71, 78–80, 84, 89, 97, 114–15, 156
Raffaele, Danielle 228
Rainbow Labor 143–4, 149, 230, 268
Ramesh, Jairam (Indian environment minister) 199
Rann, Mike (former SA premier) 77, 108, 111, 136, 139
Rats of Tobruk (Australian 9th Division) 20
Ray, Robert 132, 170
Reagan, Ronald (former US president) 51
refugees 29, 115, 117–18 see also asylum seekers
Regional Forest Agreements 94
Reinfeldt, Fredrik (Swedish prime minister) 199
Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools (Gonski report) 246
Reward for Effort: Meeting the Participation Challenge (2006) 157–8
Richardson, Dennis 309
Richardson, Graham 87, 227–30, 237
Rishworth, Amanda 272
Robb, Andrew 163, 265
Rolls, John 10
Rouseff, Dilma 199
Roxon, Nicola 145, 242
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 168
Royal Flying Doctor Service 101
Rudd, Kevin (former prime minister) x, 4, 61, 74, 96–7, 111, 113–14, 158–63, 170, 171, 178–9, 197–9, 202, 206, 211–14, 218–19, 221, 230–1, 240–2, 244–5, 247, 250–4, 256, 308 see also Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and Department of Climate Change 195
the Kyoto Protocol 164–5, 196
and United Nations Climate Change Conference (Bali) 2007 195–6
and United Nations Climate Change Conference (Copenhagen Summit) 2009 207–10
Rudd government 61, 114, 144, 149, 153, 175, 190, 210, 227–8
Rudd–Gillard–Rudd government x, 167–8, 261–2, 283
Ruddock, Philip 57, 132, 137
SA Health 61
Sabah (Malaysia) 20, 71
Sabah College Hostel 20
Sabah Institute of Art 22
Safe Schools 252–3
Salaem, Jim 115
Sales, Leigh (ABC presenter) 243
Salvation of Overseas Chinese 17
same-sex couples 144–6, 149, 227, 229–30, 279, 281–2
same-sex marriage ix, 164, 226, 230–1, 235–9, 248, 262, 272, 274–5, 279, 281, 315
same-sex marriage national survey ix
Sandakan death march (World War II) 17
Sarkozy, Nicolas (former French president) 199
Schacht, Chris 75, 85, 102, 111–14, 118, 250, 255
Schoolkids’ Bonus 246
Scotch College (Adelaide) 1–2, 9, 12, 34
Senate Estimates 5, 132, 156, 197, 260, 261, 310
September 11 attacks 116
sex discrimination 81
sexism in Australian politics 72–3
Sheridan, Greg (journalist) 87
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party 183
Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association 79, 107
Shorten, Bill 67, 250, 256–7, 259, 265–6, 272, 274, 276, 278, 286, 288, 293, 307–8, 311–12, 316
Sinclair, Ian 57
Sinodinos, Arthur 284
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello) 40
Slattery, Maryanne (researcher) 191
Smith, Dean 279, 281
Smith, Ian 139
Snelling, Jack (Labor Party treasurer) 54
social democracy 73
Socialist Workers Party 51
Sons of Gwalia mine 300
South Australia 8–11, 33
South Australian Department of He
alth 170
South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions 108
South Australian Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) 80
South Australian Labor Party see under Australian Labor Party (South Australia)
South Australian Legislative Council 81
South Australian Minister for Water and the River Murray 2016 187
South Australian Police 137
South East Forest Alliance 92
Southcott, Andrew 47, 49
South-East Asia 13
Spong, John Shelby 106
State Bank of South Australia 82
State Transport Authority 102
Steedman, Pete 77
‘Steele Hall liberalism’ 36
Stilgherrian (journalist) 42–4
Stolen Generations apology 168
Stone, John 57
Stott Despoja, Natasha 49, 54, 63, 65–6, 73, 111, 118, 129, 146
Strategic Priorities and Budget Committee (Gang of Four) 199, 212
Students’ Representative Council 48
Super SA 125
Supreme Court ruling 109
Swan, Wayne 168, 194, 199, 209, 212, 214, 219, 242, 243–7, 251–2
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 97, 268
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 15
Taiping Rebellion 15
Tampa crisis 115, 118, 146 see also asylum seekers; Children Overboard affair; MV Tampa
Tan, Dante 132, 137
Tanner, Lindsay 154, 163
Taylor, Angus 184
Taylor, Lenore (journalist) 212, 259
Taylor, Mike 185
Tcheng, Senator Tsebin 3
Telecom 58
The Advertiser 21, 73, 80, 101–2, 130, 132, 135, 164–5, 271
The Australian 152, 196, 260
The Guardian 260, 268
The Killing Season (Sarah Ferguson and Patricia Drum) 194
The South Australian Register 10–11
The Spectator 312
The Sunday Telegraph 152
The Sydney Morning Herald 260, 294
Theatre Guild 54
Thomson, Kelvin 132
‘Toby’s Fish’ 32
Toohey, Jim 75
Toorale cotton station 181
Top 100 Most Admired Women in Australia 259–60
Torrens Park (Adelaide Hills) 35
Total Environment Centre 92
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) 265, 293
Triumph and Demise (Paul Kelly) 194
Troeth, Judith 206
Trump, Donald (US president) 266, 287, 289, 293–4, 298
Turnbull, Malcolm (former prime minister) 175, 194, 203–5, 227, 238, 265–6, 274–6, 278, 284, 294
Turnbull government 54
Uhlmann, Chris (ABC journalist) 247
UNICEF Australia 35
United Nations Climate Change Conference (Bali) 2007 195–8 see also ‘Bali roadmap’
United Nations Climate Change Conference (Copenhagen Summit) 2009 4, 193, 196, 207–9 see also Copenhagen Accord
United Nations Climate Change Conference (Mexico) 2010 215
United Nations Climate Change Conference (Paris) 2015 265, 270
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 301
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 118
Uniting Church of Australia 34, 45, 106
University of Adelaide xii, 8, 12, 21, 41, 47–8, 53, 77, 128, 139, 147, 156, 169 see also Adelaide University Council; Adelaide University Liberal Club; Adelaide University Union
University of Adelaide Labor Club 62–3
University of Adelaide Students’ Association 48–9, 55–6, 63, 65, 129, 169
University of Melbourne 291, 309
University of South Australia 81
University of South Australia Students Association 128
University of Sydney 48
Unley High School 34
Uranium Policy Review Committee 62
Utegate affair 204–5
Vanstone, Amanda 47, 73
Victorian Farmers Federation 185
Vietnam War 23, 29, 54, 118
Vizard, Steve (Telstra) 153–4
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon 10, 14
Wakefield, Wendy 55–6, 63
Walker, Tony (political journalist) 253
Walker SC, Bret 171, 174, 186–8
Wallace, Jim 238
Walsh, Peter 127
Water Act 2007 (Cth) 174–6, 177, 185–6, 192
Water for the Future 177
Waters, Larissa 272
Watson, Don (Keating speechwriter) 86, 221, 243
Weatherill, George (‘Bolshi George’) 69, 75
Weatherill, Jay (former SA premier) 54, 61, 69, 70–2, 75–8, 80, 82, 99–100, 107, 109, 111, 124, 128, 135, 139, 187, 234, 307–8, 315
Weckert, Courtney (Dascia Bennett’s daughter) 96–7, 124, 126
Weckert, Mark (Dascia Bennett’s ex-husband) 96, 98, 126
Weckert, Rohan (Dascia Bennett’s son) 96–7, 124, 126
Welfare to Work program 154–5
Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists 186
Westacott, Jennifer (Business Council of Australia) 309
White, Hugh (ANU professor) 290
White Australia policy 21, 29, 56, 80, 145–6, 152, 305
White Rajahs monarchy 13–14
Whitlam government 29, 224
Widodo, Joko (Indonesian leader) 304
Wiesen Cook, Blanche xii
Wilkie, Kim 160
Wilkinson, Marian (journalist) 116
Windsor, Tony 184, 216
Women of Letters 268
Women’s and Children’s Hospital North Adelaide 239
Wong, Francis Yit Shing (Penny’s father) 16, 18, 20–2, 26, 28, 31–2, 122, 151, 239, 272 see also Colombo Plan; James Hardie Prize in architecture; Malaysian Institute of Architects (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia, PAM); Sabah College Hostel; Sabah Institute of Art; University of Adelaide
Wong, James (Wong Kein Peng) 32
Wong, Jessica (Wong Ying Soon) 32
Wong, Penny x, 3–4, 35, 49–53, 63–6, 69, 78, 81, 84, 92, 113, 134, 239
with AFS Australia 41, 44–5
being a doctor 38, 44
at Coromandel Valley Primary School 1, 7, 30, 34
and Dascia Bennett 96–8, 124–6
early school poetry 6–7, 37, 39
enjoyment of food and cooking 6, 28–9, 52, 56, 97, 226
experience of racism and bullying 1–3, 6–7, 22, 29–31, 57, 79–80, 97, 114–15, 120, 266–7, 269
her birthplace 1, 7, 25
and her children xi, 126, 169, 239–41, 270–3, 280–2, 285, 288
her citizenship 112
her cultural identity 19–20, 24
and her grandmother 18–19, 26, 31–2, 71, 121
her stepchildren 28, 96–7, 124, 126
and Jay Weatherill (former SA premier) 70–2, 243
at Kinabula International School 28–9
named Penelope Ying-Yen Wong 19
a private person ix, 5–6, 82, 131, 152, 169, 234, 266
religious faith 26–7, 45, 87, 105–6, 277
at Scotch College (Adelaide) 1–2, 9, 12, 35–6, 41
sexuality 82–3
and Sophie Allouache xi, 126, 169–70, 233–4, 239–40, 268, 270–1, 281–2, 284
studied Arts/Law degree 46
studied Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice 81
and the University of Adelaide 41
winning prizes and captain of the school 39–40
Wong, Penny articles 132
for On Dit (Adelaide University student newspaper) 63–4, 314
in The Sydney Morning Herald 294
for Women of Letters 268–70
Wong, Penny early politician 61
the Adelaide University Union 47–51
the Adelaide University Union Students’ Association 55
the Committee in Solidarity with Central America and the Caribbean (CISCAC) 52, 54
the Progressive Education Team 54–5, 59
the University of Adelaide Labor Club 62
Wong, Penny expressions 311
‘the best of our generation’ 243, 263
and binary thinking 87, 90, 96, 292–3, 302
and counterfactual 168, 189, 219, 223–5, 268–9, 292
expressive eyebrows 260–1, 314
and praxis 38, 44–5, 188, 223
the ‘retail politician’ 66–7, 114, 188, 219
‘in the room’ 61
Wong, Penny politician 4, 54, 76–7, 81, 109–10, 115–116, 133, 136–40, 169, 211, 251, 255–6, 313
the 2019 federal election 284–6, 288, 306
the ABC election night panel 278, 284–5
and the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) 199–200, 202–3, 205–6, 213, 219, 224
and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) 88–93
and the emissions trading scheme (ETS) 201–2
and the Expenditure Review Committee 246
the first electoral campaign 55
a formidable negotiator 92, 127, 130–2, 180, 246
her public profile 6, 67, 129–30, 141–2, 151, 165, 197, 201, 240, 252, 255, 259–60, 267
intellectual leader of Labor Left faction ix, 3
Leader of the Government in the Senate 114, 166, 252
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate xi, 189, 315
and the leadership change of 2010 214–15
leadership qualities of 5–6, 90, 124, 127, 196–8, 220, 308, 315
and the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers’ Union (Missos) 102
and the media 72, 80, 101, 112, 129, 151–2, 154–5, 161, 165, 196–7, 227, 234, 243, 253, 286–7, 314
on the mining tax 241, 243, 247, 259
and the Murray–Darling Basin 175–83
the Parliament House blockade 85–6, 89–90
policy adviser for Kim Yeadon 94–5
politics and the issue of sexuality 129–30
portfolio for public administration and accountability 159, 197
portfolio of finance 216, 244–7, 253–4, 259
portfolios of water and climate change 61, 72, 96, 114, 164–5, 170–4, 176–7, 181, 184, 187–8, 190–1, 193–6, 215–16, 259
the racial vilification proposal 79, 84, 108
the ‘regional solution’ for refugees 117–18
and Reward for Effort: Meeting the Participation Challenge (2006) 157–8
and Safe Schools 252–3
same-sex marriage campaign ix, 127, 143, 145–8, 227, 267, 276–81
and the Senate 98–9, 102–3, 106–7, 111, 153–4
on sexism in Australian politics 72–3
shadow portfolio for corporate governance and responsibility 152–4
shadow portfolio of foreign affairs 114, 284, 287–92
shadow portfolio of trade and investment 257, 265–6, 288