Recollections of a bleeding heart

Name: Recollections of a bleeding heart
ISBN: 9780091835170

a portrait of Paul Keating PM

by Don

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If he had never become Prime Minister Paul Keating's place in Australian history would still have been assured.

He was the Treasurer who deregulated the economy; the weaver of Labor's modern story; its heavy weapon in the parliament.

He was also the great.

Format: 756 pages, Hardcover
First published: 2002
Publishers: Knopf
Subjects: Keating·P j 1944·Australian labor party·History·20th century·Premiers·Australia·Biography·Politicians·Australia·Biography·Australia·Politics and government·1945-
Language: English

Don Watson's betrayal of confidences apparently incensed Paul Keating, and, reading between the lines of this tome, it is not hard to see why. Too often, the focus is on Don Watson, his thoughts and reflections, his self-amplified contributions and achievements, rather than a document of the life and times of Paul Keating, prime minister and prime mover.

Few Australian political figures have been as divisive as Paul Keating. To his supporters, he is a hero; a progressive visionary who wanted to drag Australia kicking and screaming into the late 20th century, embracing the arts, multiculturalism, the republic, immigration and Asia.

Paul Keating. From an Australian perspective, you either love him or hate him.

a portrait of Paul Keating PM

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