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The Ayes Have It - Whole Book (3.9 MB)

• Preliminary Pages
• Acknowledgments

1. Inside the Queensland Parliament

 

Part I.

2. Parliament’s refusal of supply and defeat of Labor, 1957
3. The early Nicklin years, 1957–1963
4. Safely in the saddle: the Nicklin government, 1963–1968
5. The Nicklin government’s legislative program
6. The oppositional parties in the Parliament, 1957–1968
7. The Pizzey–Chalk interlude, 1968
   • Images

 

Part II.

8. The early Bjelke-Petersen years, 1968-1969
9. The slide towards uncertainty, 1969–1972
10. Commanding the Parliament, 1972–1975
11. All power corrupts, 1976–1980
12. The government’s legislative program, 1968–1989
13. The doldrums in opposition, 1968–1989
14. The demise of the Coalition and the Nationals governing alone, 1981–1983
15. The implosion of Joh Bjelke-Petersen, 1983–1987
16. The end of an era, 1987–1989
17. Conclusion: Do the ‘ayes’ have it?

• Appendix 1: The Speakers of the Queensland Parliament, 1957–1989
• Appendix 2: List of members of the Queensland Parliament, 1957–1989
• Appendix 3: Members of the Queensland Parliament who died in office, 1957–89
• Appendix 4: Members of the Queensland Parliament who were ordered to withdraw
  (temporary expulsion from the Chamber), 1957–89
• Bibliography
• Index

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