The gain of just six seats at the 1943 election was bitterly disappointing, even though one of its casualties was Chifley’s deputy, Frank Forde. Not for the first time Menzies seriously contemplated quitting politics, and some of his followers were plotting to have him replaced. I am old enough to recall the refrain “We’ll never win with Menzies”. Then fortune smiled upon him once again

On August 16, 1947, the Chifley government announced its proposed […]

The office of New South Wales Solicitor-General is a life appointment. May Michael Sexton continue to hold it for as long as he finds it fulfilling and may he continue to publish books as readable and compelling as his recent memoir

In the March, 2013, edition of Quadrant, J.B. Paul reviewed the second volume of Jenny Hocking's biography of the man those on the left prefer to remember as the martyr to Sir John Kerr's treachery. Not to speak ill of the newly dead, but it is worth re-visiting reality

John de Meyrick in his article “Legal Advice and Political […]

Professor Jenny Hocking’s treatment of the 1975 constitutional crisis again […]

Biographies of Australian judges are rare. Philip Ayres’s notable biography […]