
Issue No 32		24 September 1999

History

Was Manning Clark A True Believer

A Canberra history conference shines the spotlight on Australia's most famous historian.

CANBERRA REGION BRANCH, LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

TOPIC: WAS MANNING CLARK A TRUE BELIEVER?

Speaker: Stephen Holt

Venue: The Chifley Room, Canberra Workers Club, Childers Street, Canberra.

Date: Thursday 14 October at 6pm

The presentation will be followed by questions and discussion.

The seminar will end at 7.30 pm, after which participants may choose to dine at the Club and continue the discussion.

Stephen Holt is the author of a recently published book, A Brief History of Manning Clark. He had previously written Manning Clark and Australian History, 1915-1963, in 1982. Stephen also wrote A Veritable Dynamo: Lloyd Ross and Australian Labour 1901- 1987, published in 1996.

Further information on the seminar can be obtained from Frank Mines on telephone: 6253 9096; or mailto: [email protected]

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Issue 32 contents

Interview: His Daily Fix
Graham Richardson talks of his transition from national politics to talkback radio and his ongoing jobs as a fixer.

Politics: Requiem to the Third Way
The swing to Labor in Victoria shows clearly that once again Australian voters have rejected economic rationalism. The result, and the reasons for it, should worry John Howard.

International: A Common Struggle for Freedom
It may not get the headlines, but Western Sahara has some chilling similarities with East Timor.

Unions: Woolscour Workers say No to Peter Reith
Workers at Canobolas Wooltopping - a woolscour plant near Orange, in central west New South Wales, have just sent a message to Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith: thanks, but no thanks.

Legal: Outlawed Acts of Consicence
The recent boycotts in support of East Timorese indepndence highlights the extremism of Reith's second wave.

History: Was Manning Clark A True Believer
A Canberra history conference shines the spotlight on Australia's most famous historian.

Review: Paranoid Echoes
The calls to examine the Australian�Soviet documents in the Moscow Literary archives have grown in volume over the past year.

Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre
The latest issue of Labour Review - a resource for officals and students.

Satire: Kennett Boosts Chances: Two More Independents Dead
Caretaker Premier Jeff Kennett today admitted that voters perceived him as arrogant and out of touch, but insisted that they were wrong.

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