The Tying of Threads (2013)
“If viewers took a dislike to a PM’s visage, they not only changed the channel, but their vote. Dour-faced Malcolm Fraser, who sounded more Pom than Australian, didn’t perform well on camera. Andrew Peacock had the looks and charm of a movie star, or so he believed. Bob Hawke, a down to earth Aussie to his booze-soaked bootlaces, was everyone’s mate, his face well known for years on the box as the ACTU trade union man. Bob bulldozed his way into parliament.
There were dozens of elected politicia...ns who sat around on the backbenches for years, faceless when they arrived and nameless when they were gone. Bob wasn’t the type to sit quietly on anyone’s backbench. Give him a year or two and he’d weasel his way up to the top of the pile, then God help well-heeled Malcolm – if Andrew Peacock didn’t do him in first. He had his eye on the top job, and the in-fighting amongst the Liberals was destabilising the party – or softening them up for another Labor attack.
There had been no television cameramen, no flashing box in the corner of sitting rooms during Bob Menzies’ long reign.MoreLess
There were dozens of elected politicia...ns who sat around on the backbenches for years, faceless when they arrived and nameless when they were gone. Bob wasn’t the type to sit quietly on anyone’s backbench. Give him a year or two and he’d weasel his way up to the top of the pile, then God help well-heeled Malcolm – if Andrew Peacock didn’t do him in first. He had his eye on the top job, and the in-fighting amongst the Liberals was destabilising the party – or softening them up for another Labor attack.
There had been no television cameramen, no flashing box in the corner of sitting rooms during Bob Menzies’ long reign.MoreLess
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