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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.

• Marriage to break stranglehold risks federal
  29.05.2006
  COMMENT THE Queensland Nationals have rolled the dice in a huge political gamble that has the potential to either steamroll Labor in Queensland or wipe out the Howard Government at the next federal election. The marriage of the Nationals and Liberals... read more
• Patriach gives OK, but can it happen?
  29.05.2006
  ON Saturday, Nationals heavyweights Bruce Scott and David Russell drove to the Gold Coast unit where the party's grand old statesman, Robert Sparkes, lives, confined to a wheelchair through debilitating illness. They told him of the proposal they had... read more
• Joh told me quit the Nats, says Flo
  02.05.2005
  FLO Bjelke-Petersen has revealed how she resisted pressure from her husband to quit the Nationals and serve out her Senate term as an independent because Sir Joh was angry with the party. Sir Joh made the suggestion to his wife when he was dumped by the... read more
• Joh a great servant: jury foreman
  27.04.2005
  THE foreman of the controversial hung jury that allowed Joh Bjelke-Petersen to keep his freedom, yesterday described him as a ``substantial figure'' who had made a significant contribution to Queensland. But Luke Shaw, who found himself at the centre... read more
• Legacy of Beattie's cowshed dance with Joh
  27.04.2005
  Tony Koch on the roots of the relationship between the Queensland Premier and his predecessor from Kingaroy IN his dotage, Joh Bjelke-Petersen would turn up regularly at the premier's building in Brisbane. He would speak to staff, go to the top... read more
• Workers to picket Sir Joh's funeral
  26.04.2005
  ELECTRICITY workers sacked by Joh Bjelke-Petersen's National Party government during one of Queensland's most divisive industrial disputes will picket the former premier's state funeral next week. Many of the 1000 workers sacked in 1985 when they... read more
• Tributes and hard words for Sir Joh
  25.04.2005
  TRIBUTES poured in from Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's closest supporters and former foes alike yesterday, but some of his fiercest detractors continued their condemnation of Queensland's longest-serving premier, who died on Saturday, aged 94. John Howard,... read more