Lock, Stock & Barrel: a Political Biography of Mike Ahern
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Lock, Stock & Barrel: a Political Biography of Mike Ahern
By (Author) Paul Reynolds
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
1st November 2002
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
994.3064092
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 154mm, Height 229mm, Spine 19mm
331g
Description
Mike Ahern was a state premier with a difference. Eclipsed by the Machiavellian career of his disgraced predecessor Joh Bjelke-Petersen, he was also one of Queensland's most underrated premiers. He was relatively young and - for a National Party leader - socially and politically progressive. The significance of his government was therefore much greater than his actual length of office as premier- from December 1987 to September 1989. Mike Ahern's entire parliamentary career was underscored by constant battles with hostile forces within the National Party. Although he eventually forced himself into Cabinet and then the premiership, his party finally repudiated him. Respected political commentator Paul Reynolds thoroughly evaluates Mike Ahern's political and leadership style, covering his long career in politics from the late 1960s to 1990. Not an authorised biography, this first account of Mike Ahern's political life was nevertheless written with the cooperation of this one time premier and statesman.
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