Lazarus Rising

Lazarus Rising
John Howard

Ex-prime minister of Australia John Howard’s compelling autobiography.He has been one of Australia’s most controversial prime ministers, leading the Liberal Party to victory over four elections and becoming the second-longest-serving PM in the nation’s history. John Winston Howard is the face of the modern Liberal Party, an economic radical and social conservative whose ideology has united many Australians and divided just as many others. But what people often forget is that long before he became Prime Minister, John Howard was an idealistic politician.This book looks back over 30 years in politics, and at the changes Howard has seen both inside and outside the Government during that time. From his modest beginnings, to his steep ascent in Liberal Party ranks, and subsequent time in the wilderness during the Coalition’s opposition years, to a victory almost no one had predicted, and on to some of the most tumultuous years in Australia’s recent past, this is history seen through the eyes of the ultimate insider. Here, Howard tells how he responded on issues vital to Australia, such as gun control, East Timor and the relationship with Indonesia, the aftermath of 9/11, and the rising tide of asylum-seekers.LAZARUS RISING takes us through the life and motivations of John Howard, and through the forces which have changed and shaped both him and the country he led for 11 years.

To my parents, who gave me the values and determination I took into public life

To John Carrick, my mentor, from whom I learned more about politics than anyone else

To my family, whose love and support sustained me through my years in parliament and government

Contents

Cover (#ufe42ac83-7f80-56b3-b710-040da79541e7)

PART 1 EARLY LIFE AND THE FRASER GOVERNMENT (#ub902364e-047a-5840-bab4-4e609b4099dc)

1 THE SOURCE (#ub9d656e3-6d50-548a-9693-2e3564f252cc)

2 INDULGING THE TASTE (#u1da62d34-8e77-5fb5-a130-80423097ea37)

3 DRUMMOYNE (#u138c5471-2107-545e-9932-aa4fca654bd5)

4 REGROUPING AND REBUILDING (#u8a503886-4dc1-5dae-99cb-9c88ed65ea7b)

5 ‘THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN’ (#u5b77ca58-a4ac-5dd2-8c2e-7257d56fb993)

6 A SAFE SEAT (#ua0516d76-26cf-5d84-82d7-c89cd2539459)

7 THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR BENNELONG (#udf123def-d7dc-5df4-8bc4-780dff5758fc)

8 FRASER TAKES OVER (#u71274f20-22ec-5027-9e16-4d81fe1004f3)

9 THE DISMISSAL (#u1b3a76fc-57ae-56c5-9879-6ceae9ad28d1)

10 A MINISTER (#u50648124-f14c-5cd7-9ba3-fe3ade17ec7d)

11 ‘MAY I SPEAK TO THE TREASURER?’ (#u1c8b12f7-d80a-598c-a90d-5ca28489916b)

12 ‘YOUR INDIRECT TAX IS DEAD, COBBER’ (#u7eb3d8e1-1b0d-5425-b6be-917b3acb3f4e)

13 FOOLED BY FLINDERS (#u7bf5a4a0-aacc-5507-b0cb-76c8dd5c2ae2)

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PART 2 THE OPPOSITION YEARS (#u861e93fb-9f87-5296-951a-62657e228822)

14 PEACOCK VS HOWARD (#uc85bdb00-e721-5f6e-be3b-d7d1eaa1bad4)

15 LEADER BY ACCIDENT (#ue452661d-55d4-5c74-b211-4bf3d09eeeba)

16 JOH FOR PM (#ub1d04dce-b26e-55ab-8595-23a89d61c348)

17 THE COUP (#u8361d701-3373-5119-952c-223da070c77c)

18 THE ‘UNLOSABLE’ ELECTION (#litres_trial_promo)

19 LAZARUS HAS HIS TRIPLE BYPASS (#litres_trial_promo)

20 THE ROAD TO THE LODGE (#litres_trial_promo)

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PART 3 THE HOWARD GOVERNMENT (#litres_trial_promo)

21 SHAPING THE GOVERNMENT (#litres_trial_promo)

22 SEIZING THE DAY ON GUNS (#litres_trial_promo)

23 PAULINE HANSON (#litres_trial_promo)

24 THE FOUNDATION BUDGET (#litres_trial_promo)

25 THE CHALLENGE OF INDIGENOUS POLICY (#litres_trial_promo)

26 ON THE WATERFRONT (#litres_trial_promo)

27 THE HOLY GRAIL OF TAX REFORM (#litres_trial_promo)

28 WE STILL WANT YOU, MA’AM — THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE (#litres_trial_promo)

29 THE LIBERATION OF EAST TIMOR (#litres_trial_promo)

30 AN EXCESS OF EXCISE — THE PRE-TAMPA RECOVERY (#litres_trial_promo)

31 WASHINGTON, 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 (#litres_trial_promo)

32 MV TAMPA (#litres_trial_promo)

33 THE BALI ATTACK (#litres_trial_promo)

34 IRAQ (#litres_trial_promo)

35 GEORGE BUSH (#litres_trial_promo)

36 BLUE COLLARS AND GREEN SLEEVES — LATHAM’S IMPLOSION (#litres_trial_promo)

37 THE HUMAN DIVIDEND (#litres_trial_promo)

38 SHAKESPEARE IN MANDARIN (#litres_trial_promo)