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Brian Carroll Brian Carroll i(A30070 works by)
Born: Established: 1930 ;
Gender: Unknown
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1 1 y separately published work icon Whitlam Brian Carroll , Kenthurst : Rosenberg , 2011 Z1778931 2011 single work biography 'Governor-General Sir John Kerr's dismissal of the elected Whitlam Government in 1975, more or less at the behest of the born-to-rule Liberal-Country Party Coalition led by Malcolm Fraser, was among the most momentous events in Australian political history.

Whitlam himself was certainly one of the most momentous figures in that history. Born into a privileged life that should have seen him on side with the born-to-rule gang, he took the other fork, joined the Australian Labor Party, rose to be its Parliamentary leader, took it into power after twenty-three years in the wilderness, then led it right back there.

As Malcolm Fraser might have said, all that wasn't meant to be easy, and Whitlam never found it so. Branded as a silver tail by the rough and ready men of Labor, he had to fight them all the way to convince them that Labor was something more than just the political arm of the union movement, and that principle without power was an exercise in futility.

He overcame all their resistance and in 1972 led them triumphantly into the Government benches. Perhaps a little too triumphantly. The pace of change scared too many people. And sudden changes in the world economic environment threw down challenges he just could not overcome.

Nor could he overcome the local political challenges thrown down by the conservative forces, once they had recovered from the shock of the 1972 election result. He held them at bay when they forced him to the electors eighteen months ahead of time in mid-1974. But he and his colleagues seemed determined to keep providing him with the ammunition they needed to shoot him down, and on 11 November 1975, they did.

This book tells it all in highly readable style. It tries to recapture some of the excitement of the times.' (Source: Publisher's website)
1 1 y separately published work icon Vintage Keating Paul Keating , Brian Carroll (editor), Dural : Rosenberg , 2010 Z1715135 2010 selected work prose

'So far, Paul Keating is the only Australian Prime Minister to provide star material for a musical comedy. Who can imagine any of the others doing that?

'Even before he became Prime Minister, Keating had made a name for himself as someone who could dominate Parliament with his rapid and cutting ripostes. By the time he did reach the top office, there were already book length collections of his insults and invective. Even the Liberal Party, apparently, was keeping a list. Nobody was safe, not even people on his own side of politics. Ask 'Old Silver'. In this book, Brian Carroll has found and arranged enough of Keating's utterances to keep you chuckling (or clucking your tongue) for a long time.

'The book begins with a short biography of Keating, just to put it all in context. Then there's a long parade of his wit, leavened with a certain amount of his wisdom, of which there was plenty, but which too often tends to be overlooked. Being rejected by the electors did not stop him, and the book contains examples of his wit and wisdom right up to the end of 2009. As one observer put it, he brought a breath of fresh air to the wasteland of weasel words we endure.

'And for those who have not seen Keating! The Musical, and even for those who have, there's a chapter on how the show came to be and what it's all about.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 y separately published work icon Australia's Prime Ministers : From Barton to Howard Brian Carroll , Dural : Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd , 2004 8500137 2004 selected work biography

'Since Federation Australia has had 25 Prime Ministers. Some have towered over their party, Parliament and the national scene. Others have been pushed about by events or their own colleagues even by Parliament. The contest for the Prime Ministership has come to resemble the presidential-style elections of the United States. It is a personality battle between two contenders, not one over ideas, principles, or even parties. Brian Carroll tells of all 25 Prime Ministers; long time survivors Bob Menzies, Billy Hughes, Joe Lyons, Malcolm Fraser, and Bob Hawke; of three timers Alfred Deakin and Andrew Fisher; of short-timers Earle Page, Frank Forde, and John McEwen. The book contains a chapter on possible future prime ministers - Latham, Costello and Abbott. ' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Making of a Fortunate Life Brian Carroll , Sydney : Fontana , 1985 Z548109 1985 single work single work essay

A descriptive account, heavily illustrated with photographs, of the production process of the television adaptation of A. B. Facey's A Fortunate Life.
1 y separately published work icon Australian Stage Album Brian Carroll , Melbourne : Macmillan Australia , 1975 Z1398347 1975 single work biography
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