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Quoted in Bunting, ‘Decentralisation and urbanisation situation report’, 24 June 1972, NAA: M319, 35 Part 1.
Bunting, 13 April 1972, NAA: M319, 33 Part 1.
Bunting, 23 May 1972, NAA: M319, 34 Part 2.
Cabinet decision no. 1351 (AD HOC), ‘Urban and regional development’, 14 September 1972, NAA: A5909, 1351/AD HOC.
McMahon, CPD HoR, vol. 80, 19 September 1972, pp. 1577–79.
Whitlam, ibid., pp. 1579–82.
Alan Reid diary, 19 September 1972, NLA MS7796.
McMahon, CPD HoR, vol. 81, 11 October 1972, pp. 2382–84.
‘The cities’, SMH, 13 October 1972, p. 6.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Strickland v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd (“Concrete Pipes case”) [1971] HCA 40; (1971) 124 CLR 468 (3 September 1971).
Bannerman, Commissioner of Trade Practices Fifth Anuual Report for Year 1971–72, October 1972, Parliamentary Papers, vol. 7, no. 112, p. 1.
Greenwood, CPD Sen., vol. 52, 24 May 1972, pp. 1955–68. According to Alan Reid, McMahon had said that he should introduce the trade practices legislation. ‘With me doing it,’ Reid quoted McMahon saying, ‘it would add another one per cent to the polls. Greenwood isn’t real value.’ See Alan Reid diary, 11 May 1972, NLA MS7796.
Kane, CPD Sen., vol. 52, 9 May 1972, pp. 1422–44.
Snedden and Schedvin, 1990, pp. 136–37.
Bunting, note for file, 10.10am, 17 August 1972, NAA: M321, 16.
Cabinet decision no. 1361 (AD HOC), ‘Foreign takeovers of Australian businesses, a new approach to overseas investment’, 14 September 1972, NAA: A5909, 1361 (AD HOC).
McMahon, CPD HoR, vol. 80, 26 September 1972, pp. 1916–20.
McMahon interviewed by Paul Lynch, ‘Overseas investment in Australia’, 27 September 1972, APMC Transcripts.
McMahon, interviewed by Paul Lynch, ‘Foreign takeovers, unemployment’, 5 October 1972, APMC Transcripts.
Bunting, note for file, 6 October 1972, NAA: M319, 38 Part 1. Bunting believed that McMahon had become mixed up with legislation relating to the National Urban and Regional Development Authority.
Bunting, 1.30pm 6 October 1972, NAA: M319, 38 Part 1.
McMahon, CPD HoR, vol. 81, 24 October 1972, pp. 3080–83.
CPD HoR, vol. 81, 25 October 1972, pp. 3182–207.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 121.
Georges, CPD Sen., vol. 53, 12 September 1972, pp. 721–32.
See Wright, CPD Sen., vol. 54, 27 September 1972, pp. 1205–09.
Whitlam, CPD HoR, vol. 81, 12 October 1972, pp. 2544–50.
McMahon, ibid., 17 October 1972, pp. 2625–27.
Whitlam, ibid., 19 October 1972, pp. 2869–74.
Waller to Casey, 2 November 1972, NAA: M1129, WALLER/K Part 2.
David Solomon, ‘A principle often breached’, CT, 24 October 1972, p. 2.
David Fairbairn interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/74, p. 123.
Barnard, Hayden, Fairbairn, Foster, Jess and Cameron, CPD HoR, vol. 81, 25 October 1972, pp. 3127–31.
McMahon, Barnard and Jess, CPD HoR, vol. 81, 26 October 1972, pp. 3279–90.
David Fairbairn interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/74, p.124.
Author’s correspondence with David Solomon, 24 September 2017.
Author’s interview with Alan Ramsey, 31 January 2018.
Eric Bogle, ‘Poor Wee Billy McMahon’, Down Under, Volume 2 [bootleg], lyrics by permission of Eric Bogle.
Mitchell, 2007, p. 43.
Mungo MacCallum interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/44, pp. 30–31.
Howson, 1984, p. 797; Alan Ramsey, ‘A remake of Mr McMahon’, Aus., 7 December 1971, p. 9.
Bunting, 29 June 1972, NAA: 319, 35 Part 1.
Bunting, 21 August 1972, NAA: M319, 36 Part 2.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 127.
‘I pray for poll victory: PM’, CT, 31 August 1972, p. 1.
Alan Reid diary, 30 August 1972, NLA MS7796.
Frost and Whitlam, 1974, p. 40.
Whitlam, 1985, pp. 10–11.
Edgar Holt interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/93, 2:2/9.
Author’s correspondence with Doug Anthony, 25 July 2016.
Whitlam, CPD HoR, vol. 81, 10 October 1972, p. 2295.
Howson, 1984, p. 916.
Bert Kelly diary, 26 October 1972, NLA MS7424.
Hasluck, ‘Dissolution of Parliament, November 1972’, NAA: M1767, 3.
Chapter 47: Finishing
Bowman diary, 7 May 1984.
ibid., 17 May 1984.
ibid., 18 May 1984.
ibid., 28 May 1984.
ibid.
James, 1986, p. 611.
Ashley, 1968, pp. 22–37.
Bowman diary, 4 June 1984.
Chapter 48: In Calm and in Crisis
Edgar Holt interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/93.
Howard, 2014, p. 566; author’s interview with John Howard, 22 April 2016.
Howson, 1984, p. 920.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Howson, 1984, pp. 917–18.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 129.
Edgar Holt interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/93.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, pp. 175–76.
McMahon, ‘Election Policy Speech’, 14 November 1972, MoAD.
Howson, 1984, p. 920.
Freudenberg, 1977, p. 229.
‘Steady as you go’, SMH, 15 November 1972, p. 6.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 205.
ibid., p. 200.
Edgar Holt interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/93.
Oakes and Solomon, p. 211.
Author’s interview with John Howard, 22 April 2016.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 260.
Howson, 1984, p. 920.
‘Mr Snedden willing to stand for leadership’, CT, 23 November 1972, p. 15.
‘Mr McMahon as PM “indefinitely”’, CT, 28 November 1972, p. 13.
Author’s interview with Bruce MacCarthy, 5 August 2016.
Author’s correspondence with Doug Anthony, 25 July 2016.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, pp. 221–22.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
David Solomon, ‘Dr Coombs adviser if ALP elected’, CT, 13 November 1972, p. 1.
Brian Johns, ‘Labor calls in Dr Coombs’, SMH, 13 November 1972, p. 1.
Coombs, 1981, p. 294.
Howson, 1984, p. 920.
I quote from Croke, 2001, pp. 41–42. There are other, though largely similar versions, of this speech. See, for example, ‘Archbishop clears ALP policy on schools aid’, SMH, 13 November 1972, p. 2; Croke, 2001, pp. 41–42.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 156.
‘A change of government’, CT, 23 November 1972, p. 2.
Grant, 2017, pp. 190–97.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, pp. 266–7; ‘Treasurer on letter’, CT, 24 November 1972, p. 10.
Mitchell, 2007, p. 45.
Julian Leeser, ‘Gracious, stylish and steadfast’, Aus., 5 April 2010, p. 11.
Carrick, in Starr, 2012, p. 216.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 268.
Phil Davis, unpublished memoirs, p. 7, copy in the author’s possession.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 260.
ibid., p. 257.
Mitchell, 2007, p. 44.
Davis, unpublished memoirs, p. 8.
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Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 269.
David Solomon, ‘All the load on one pair of shoulders’, CT, 28 November 1972, p. 2.
Howard, 2014, p. 572.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 269.
Davis, unpublished memoirs. p. 8.
‘PM’s view of his team: stir on report’, SMH, 25 November 1972, p. 1; McMahon, ‘The Channel 7 (Brisbane) Interview’, PM no. 105/1972, APMC Transcripts.
Author’s correspondence with Doug Anthony, 25 July 2016.
Brown, 1993, p. 67.
Howson, 1984, p. 924.
Henry Bland interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/60.
Davis, unpublished memoirs, p. 8.
Howard, 2014, p. 570.
‘Lab under attack on moral attitudes’, SMH, 27 November 1972, p. 1.
McMahon, ‘Moral issues in the election’, 26 November 1972, PM no. 106/1972, APMC Transcripts.
‘Lab under attack on moral attitudes’, SMH, 27 November 1972, pp. 1, 3.
‘Morality issue divides churchmen’, SMH, 28 November 1972, p. 1.
‘Abortion: PM, too, favours free vote’, SMH, 30 November 1972, p. 1.
McMahon, ‘National Press Club’, 29 November 1972, APMC Transcripts.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
McMahon, ‘National Press Club’, 29 November 1972, APMC Transcripts.
‘Prices power wanted’, SMH, 23 November 1972, p. 2.
Davis, unpublished memoirs, p. 9.
Tony Thomas, ‘PM with the gift of the gaffe’, Age, 5 January 1982, p. 9.
Lewis, 2014, p. 147.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 282.
‘Final TV, radio appeal to voters’, SMH, 30 November 1972, p. 2.
Griffen-Foley, 2003, pp. 177–203.
Mayer (ed.), 1973, p. 198.
Mayer (ed.), 1973, pp. 198–200.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Author’s interview with Richard Farmer, 16 July 2016.
Richard Farmer, ‘Must “reading” held in secrecy’, DT, 23 November 1972, p. 2.
This account of the confrontation is drawn from ‘PM-Writer clash over report’, DT, 24 November 1972, p. 13; author’s interview with Richard Farmer, 16 July 2016; and Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 268.
Author’s interview with Richard Farmer, 16 July 2016.
Sir Robert Askin interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/83, p. 2:2/8–10; Snedden and Schedvin, 1990, pp. 134–35.
Author’s interview with Ian Grigg, 20 February 2018.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Henderson, 1990, p. 255.
Shawcross, 1993, pp. 162–63.
‘Let’s give Whitlam a chance’, DT, 1 December 1972, p. 1.
Bowman, 1986, p. 117.
Fairfax, 7 December 1972, in Souter, 1981, pp. 478–80.
Southey to McMahon, 7 March 1972, in Reid, 1976, pp. 34–38. The original carbon may be found among Southey’s papers at the NLA.
This section on Perkin and The Age is drawn from Hill, 2010, pp. 426–28.
Age, 2 December 1972, p. 1.
Thompson, in Mayer (ed.), 1973, p. 250.
Carol Summerhayes interviewed by Edward Helgeby, MoAD Oral History Project, OPH-OHI 153.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Howard, 2014, p. 624.
Howson, 1984, p. 927.
FitzGerald and Holt, 2010, p. 258.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 7.
ibid.
Author’s interview with Jonathan Gaul, 24 February 2018.
Author’s interview with John Howard, 22 April 2016.
Mitchell, 2007, p. 46.
Author’s interview with Bruce MacCarthy, 5 August 2016.
Davis, unpublished memoirs, p. 9.
Author’s interview with Ian Grigg, 13 March 2018.
Whitlam, 1985, p. 13.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 7.
Chapter 49: As Matters Stand
Bowman diary, 19 June 1984.
ibid., 20 June 1984. McMahon may have been mixed up. A draft memorandum of understanding with MacMillan, dated October 1983, was among McMahon’s papers. The contract stated that the entirety of the mooted $10,000 advance was to be paid to a professional writer — not McMahon — and that McMahon was to accept that writer’s final manuscript and not withhold consent to publish the manuscript unreasonably. It appears, however, that the contract was not signed.
ibid.
Chapter 50: In the Wilderness
Bunting, note for file, 3 December 1972, NAA: M319, 40.
Hasluck, ‘The defeat of McMahon’, NAA: M1767, 4.
Davis, unpublished memoirs, p. 9; Oakes and Solomon, 1974, p. 60; Allen, in Aitchison (ed.), 1974, p. 19.
Hasluck, ‘Mr Whitlam takes office’, NAA: M1767, 4.
McMahon, in Bramston (ed.), 2013, pp. xxiv–xxv.
David Solomon, ‘Snedden faces his first problem’, CT, 21 December 1972, p. 3.
Kemp, in Mayer (ed.), 1973, pp. 48–59.
William Charles Wentworth interviewed by Ron Hurst, NLA Oral History, TRC 4900/104, 11:8.
Howard, 2014, p. 564.
David Fairbairn interviewed by Robert Linford, NLA Oral History, TRC 4900/72, 7:4–7:5, and David Fairbairn interviewed by Mel Pratt, NLA Oral History, TRC 121/74, session 5.
Howson, 1984, p. 928.
Laurence in Mayer (ed.), 1973, pp. 60–61.
Hocking, 2012, p. 3.
Aitchison, 1974, p. 4.
‘McMahon blames ‘disloyal’ party’, CT, 11 June 1973, pp. 1, 3.
Alan Reid, ‘Prime Ministers I have known’, Bulletin, 19 February 1980, pp. 59–60.
Dennis Minogue, ‘Leading role or is it the final act?’, Age, 20 August 1973, p. 9.
Oakes and Solomon, 1973, p. 121.
Author’s correspondence with David Solomon, 24 September 2017.
Southey to McMahon, 29 August 1973, NLA MS9901/1/127.
Author’s correspondence with Doug Anthony, 25 July 2016.
Dennis Minogue, ‘Leading role or is it the final act?’, Age, 20 August 1973, p. 9.
Reid and Lloyd, 1974, p. 315.
Snedden and Schedvin, 1990, p. 168.
ibid.
Nigel Bowen interviewed by Ron Hurst, NLA Oral History, TRC 4900/61.
Hasluck, ‘Adjustment of ministry, October 1973’, NAA: M1767, 4.
McMahon and Minogue, transcript of conversation, copy in the author’s possession.
‘McMahon faces new task’, SMH, 24 February 1973, p. 3.
Dennis Minogue, ‘Leading role or is it the final act?’, Age, 20 August 1973, p. 9.
Aitchison, 1974, p. 8.
McMahon and Riordan, CPD HoR, vol. 83, 9 May 1973, pp. 1865–68.
McMahon and Whitlam, CPD HoR, vol. 84, pp. 2834–35.
John Edwards, ‘Treasury barons under siege’, NT, 9–14 September 1974, pp. 32–35.
Aitchison, 1974, p. 8.
Whitlam, 1985, p. 12.
Billy Snedden interviewed by Bernadette Schedvin, NLA Oral History, TRC 4900/57.
McMahon and Whitlam, CPD HoR, vol. 83, 4 April 1973, pp. 1045–46.
Gruen, 1975, pp. 7–20.
‘Top Liberal resigns to become judge’, CT, 12 July 1973, p. 1.
Billy Snedden interviewed by Bernadette Schedvin, NLA Oral History, TRC 4900/57.
McMahon, CPD HoR, vol. 88, 12 March 1974, pp. 284–85.
‘Australian legislative election of 18 May 1974’, Psephos,
McMahon had predicted a large victory for the Coalition. When that failed to eventuate, he criticised the strategy for bringing the election on. See ‘Gorton denies CP charges’, CT, 30 May 1974, p. 12.
Snedden and Schedvin, 1990, p. 168.
‘Snedden says no rejection of Supply’, CT, 17 March 1975, p. 1.
Fraser and Simons, 2009, p. 261.
According to Reid, McMahon moved, in the first challenge, that the first ballot be secret. In the second, McMahon objected to Gorton’s amendment of a motion by Billy Wentworth to declare the leadership vacant. The effect of Gorton’s amendment — in effect, that all leadership positions, in addition to the leadership, be declared vacant — might have been to push wavering MPs to vote with greater regard to their own positions in the party, rather than on a sole, leadership basis. See Reid, 1976, pp. 154, 333.
Ayres, 1987, p. 233; Schneider, 1980, p. 22. When Gorton announced his resignation from the Liberal Party and his intention to stand at the next election as an independent candidate for one of the two Senate seats available in the ACT, McMahon was happy to gloat. ‘From 1969 we did become disorganised,’ he told a Brisbane audience. ‘However, now we have come back, gaining unity, and the departure of John Gorton will help to consolidate that process.’ See ‘Gorton’s secretary resigns in protest’, CT, 26 May 1975, p. 1.
Snedden and Schedvin, 1990, p. 185.
Author’s interview with John Howard, 22 April 2016.
Mitchell, 2007, p. 46.
Author’s interview with Rob Ashley, 28 December 2017.
Aitchison, 1974, p. 14.
Author’s interview with Rob Ashley, 28 December 2017.
Cramp, McLoskey, and Stewart, 1974, p. 208.
ibid., p. 198.
McMahon, CPD HoR vol. 95, 21 May 1975, pp. 2601–02.
McMahon, ibid., 20 May 1975, pp. 2499–500.
McMahon, CPD HoR, vol. 95, 19 May 1975, pp. 2418–19.
ibid., p. 2441.
‘McMahon reveals spy group’, SMH, 24 June 1974, p. 1.
‘Mr McMahon sets off a minor furore’, CT, 25 June 1974, p. 2.
Author’s interview with Rob Ashley, 28 December 2017.
The following passages, which describe McMahon’s evidence to the Hope Royal Commission, are drawn from: ‘Private hearings (secret hearings of non-official evidence) — transcript pages 171 to 201 —hearing at Canberra 29 May 1975 — evidence by Rt Hon William McMahon (pages 171–183); Peter Hastings (pages 184–201)’, NAA: A8913, 3/1/5.