The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers australian-life In their own voices

In their own voices

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The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers australian-life In their own voicesSince 1901, thirty different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression. John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their