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Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

• The leader's proxy lie that allowed rule to go on
  25.04.2005
  THE only living former MP who served with Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen in opposition, and who subsequently spent 12 years in his ministry, has revealed how Queensland's longest-serving premier survived a leadership challenge by bluffing the party room into... read more
• A mean-spirited opportunist - Bjelke-Petersen
  25.04.2005
  Sir Joh was a selfish and short-sighted premier who ran Queensland with a tyrannical zeal, writes Tony Koch SUPPORTERS of the reign of Joh Bjelke-Petersen argue he was wonderful for Queensland because he abolished death duties, oversaw the development... read more
• Joh praised by some, scorned by others
  25.04.2005
  TRIBUTES poured in yesterday for Joh Bjelke-Petersen while some of his fiercest detractors questioned the legacy of Queensland's longest-serving premier. John Howard, whose bid for The Lodge was derailed by the aborted Joh-for-PM campaign in 1987, said... read more