Abeles, Sir Peter, 14–15, 279, 359–67, 405, 424, 425, 485, 546, 588, 589, 603
Aboriginal rights, 540
Absorption Battle, 244, 246
ACTU see Australian Council of Trade Unions
ACTU–Jetset, 367, 558–9
ACTU–New World Travel, 359, 366
ACTU–Solo, 367, 439, 473, 484
Adams, Phillip, 501
Administrative and Clerical Officers’ Association, 230
Afghanistan, 609–10
Agricultural Implement and Stovemaking Industrial Union, 197
Aguiriano, Jose, 339
Aird, Drew, 115, 125, 145, 169
Allan, Jimmy, 89, 90–1
Allen, Reo, 21
ALP see Australian Labor Party; Australian Labor Party President
Amalgamated Engineering Union, 140, 188, 197, 243
Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights Union, 129, 140, 310, 350, 355, 367, 469, 509, 595, 597
Anderson, Joe, 236, 237
annual leave case, 169
Ansett, Sir Reginald, 364, 365
Ansett Transport Industries, 364
Anthony, Doug, 538
Arafat, Yassar, 421, 422, 433
Arapov, Eugene, 568–72, 640 n7
arbitration system, 108, 109–13; Hawke’s first interest in, 84–7, 92–3; see also Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission; Industrial Court
Ashburner, Richard, 145, 147, 149, 150, 174
Ashkanasy, Maurice, 559
ASIO see Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Askin, Bob, 282, 370
Australasian Society of Engineers, 310
Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, 74, 108–9, 114, 116–17, 122, 138, 177, 232, 259, 544; and Absorption Battle, 244, 246; activities misrepresented, 266; authority of president challenged, 176–7; creation, 113; first margins case for five years, 128–9; Foster a father figure, 134–5; function, 198, 325; Hawke as advocate, 124, 126–7, 129, 130, 135; Hawke’s economic advisers, 125–6; Hawke’s first appearance, 123–4; Hawke questions function and charter, 198–9; Kirby as president, 113, 176–7, 186, 325–6; members, 325; and metal trades (margins) award, 207–8; no appeal against decisions of full Bench, 188; premises, 123; and sacking of Whitlam, 444–5; under Whitlam, 326
Australian Council of Employers’ Federation, 148–9, 168–9, 171
Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations, 308, 329, 330, 595, 599
Australian Council of Trade Unions: affiliates, 121, 608; affiliation fees, 254, 272, 299–300, 443, 598, 599, 608; and amalgamation with ACSPA, 330; anti-apartheid policy, 290–4; AWU affiliation, 140, 237; blue-collar organisation, 189; creation, 138; demand for ‘living wage’ in 1965, 196; departments and branches, 608–9; election of vice-presidents, 594–5; executive, 137–8, 180, 189, 237, 264–5, 279–80, 299, 350, 351–2, 512, 609; finances, 276–7, 286, 321, 371–2, 594, 598, 608; and French nuclear tests, 331–2; ‘Graveyard of Strikes’, 483–4; growth under Hawke, 608–9; Hawke’s ambitions to be president, 233–4; Hawke’s image in the community, 286–9; image improved by Hawke, 609; income, 608; limited power, 138–9; linking with big business, 359–68; membership, 254, 484, 608; membership fees, 371–2;
offices, 141–2, 143–4, 276, 277, 279, 281, 284, 286, 342–4; press
office, 340–1; public image, 137; relationship with unions, 138; research, 276–7, 358; reversals of Hawke’s ‘defeats’
of 1979, 599–600; Right grip
on executive, 233–4; role, 138;
staff, 139–42, 275–6, 506–7, 608; and trades and labour councils, 137–8; uranium issue, 505, 508–12, 594, 596–8; weakness of organisation, 138; and Whitlam government, 325–7, 330–1, 345, 346, 348–9, 357–8; and Whitlam sacking, 444–5
Australian Council of Trade Unions congresses: 1956, 113; 1965, 194–7; 1969, 254, 255–6, 259–62; 1971, 298–302, 321, 371–2; 1973, 350–8, 368–9, 372, 442; 1975, 440–3; 1977, 504–12; 1979, 511–12, 592, 593–600; 1981, 254
Australian Council of Trade Unions enterprises, 350, 355–6, 358–9, 363–73, 419
Australian Council of Trade Unions, President: absences from ACTU, 340; achievements in 10-year term, 301, 439, 608–9; advocacy style, 173–5, 169–70; ambitions to enter parliament, 352; balancing Right and Left, 271, 307–8; campaign for position, 189, 190–263; chauffeur–bodyguard, 473, 484; combining with ALP presidency, 346–9, 353, 373, 404, 458–9, 477, 489–90; complaints that Hawke distracted, 576; a consensus leader, 301, 482–3; credentials for position, 190; decision to run for, 176; defeat at 1979 Congress, 511–12; disappointments in role, 273; and family life, 243; first noticed, 76; under Fraser government, 477–83; and French nuclear tests, 331–2; known as the Fireman, 481; and ILO, 336, 337–9; and joint ventures with Histadrut, 396; live sheep export negotiation, 536–9; more appealing than parliament, 230; perks of office, 484; power, 440–2; public perceive as Communist, 294, 296; becomes public property, 268–9; public relations trips abroad, 481–2; real leader of the Opposition, 305; Right and Left disillusioned, 162–3, 264–5, 271–3, 298–9, 350; Right campaign against Hawke, 248–51, 253–4, 272, 320–1; salary, 276; staff, 144–5, 443; Stop Hawke campaign, 51, 440, 450, 588–90; strike settlement, 305–11, 483–4, 539–40, 543–4; triumvirate with Ducker and Egerton, 305; use of media, 266–7; and Victorian Left, 307–8; vision for union role, 272–3; and Whitlam, 325
Australian Council of Trade Unions, researcher and advocate, 108–9; advantage in Corio election, 163; advocacy skills, 124, 127, 129, 130, 135, 137, 147–50; while campaigning for ALP presidency, 242–3; commitment to role, 188–9; effect on family life, 136–7; ‘historical exercises’, 175, 198; jaded with wage cases by 1967, 233; a minor celebrity, 151; Moore on Hawke, 196; national wage case 1965 a disaster, 176, 181–9; offices and staff, 141–2, 143–4; referring to himself in the third person, 199–200; representing metal trades unions, 154; reputation as strike-settler, 483–4, 536–64; resigns, 607, 608, 615; seen as spokesman for ACTU, 150–1; style and tactics, 175, 177–8, 184–6, 211; takes leave to contest Corio, 155; Willis assists, 144–5
Australian economy, 273, 418, 626
Australian Labor Advisory Council, 291, 325–6, 348, 444–5, 446, 636 n1
Australian Labor Party, 6–7; anti Israel, 378, 380, 381; Caucus under Whitlam, 374; Centre Unity (Vic), 308, 443, 488, 517, 548–9, 552; election defeat 1975, 447–8; election defeat 1977, 513–15; executive ‘36 faceless men’, 153, 161, 162–3, 304; financial problems, 452; Hawke and Victorian branch, 549–54; Hawke campaigns for Whitlam, 315–17 ; Hawke identified with Left, 133; Hawke loses support of Left, 298–9, 307–8; Hawke member of federal executive, 304; Hawke’s popularity mid-1977, 484–6; Hawke’s status in mid-1970s, 484; Hawke unsuccessful in Corio, 153–5, 155–6, 230; and Hawke’s views on Israel, 409; Hayden–Hawke clash at 1979 conference, 576–83; Hayden to succeed Whitlam, 444, 497, 516–17, 576–7; Iraqi loan scandal, 451, 452–5, 457–63; leadership battle with Hayden, 467, 500–2, 615, 621–31; ‘maintaining the rage’, 476; new type of party under Whitlam, 238; rumours of Hawke’s leadership aspirations, 576–7; Split, 103, 139; state aid for non-government schools, 153; Stop Hawke campaign, 440, 450–1, 467; uranium issue, 486–8, 502–5; Victorian Socialist Left, 51, 246–7, 307, 308, 396, 440, 446, 450, 451,
469–73, 487–8, 517–18, 548–9,
550; wartime government, 43–4; Whitlam and Hawke, 373–5; Whitlam dismissed by Kerr, 444–6; Whitlam offers Hawke leadership, 449–50, 467; Whitlam Prime Minister, 316–17; Whitlam sacked as ALP leader, 455, 456; see also election campaigns
Australian Labor Party biennial conferences: 1973, 345, 346; 1975, 422–5, 440; 1977, 490, 502, 503; 1979, 576–83
Australian Labor Party President,
319–20; attempt to depose,
489–500; and Bass by-election,
429–31, 437; Caucus turning against, 411; combining with ACTU presidency, 346–9, 353, 373, 404, 458–9, 477, 489–90; elected in 1973, 345–6; and Iraqi money scandal, 452–64; Left turning against, 411, 412–13; offered leadership, 449–50; outspoken on Israel, 409–11; perception of role, 346; re-elected unopposed, 420; Right look to sack, 320–1; role under Fraser government, 477; and Socialist Left, 440; staff, 423–4; stepping down, 489, 500, 548; and Whitlam defeat, 516
Australian National University, 76, 94, 95, 98, 104–7, 119, 120, 146
Australian Railways Union, 509
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, 133
Australian Telecommunications Employees’ Association, 542, 543
Australian Workers’ Union, 121, 138, 140, 236–7, 241, 254, 326, 327, 329, 354–5, 508
Australian–New Zealand Trade Union Co-ordinating Council, 609
Australian–Overseas Student Club (University of WA), 55–6
Averianov, Boris, 392, 568
Baillieu, Kate, 59, 389, 515–16
Baird, Jim, 129–30
Barnard, Lance, 369, 429, 430
Barwick, Sir Garfield, 123, 173, 273, 560, 620
basic wage: adjustments to, 50, 109–10, 111–12, 123, 127; and cost-of-living index, 150; definition of, 194–5; disputes, 110; Hawke’s Oxford thesis on, 94, 108; and increases in productivity, 150; ‘living basic wage’, 194, 196
basic wage cases: calling economic experts, 147; calling witnesses, 173; Hawke calls Vernon Committee, 200–6; Hawke’s advocacy style, 173–5, 169–70; Hawke’s tactics, 175–6; no appeals against decision of full Bench, 187–8; 1950, 110–11, 113, 114, 117, 121; 1953, 87, 111–13, 114, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 135, 146, 150, 166, 184; 1956, 112, 113, 122; 1957, 108, 113, 114–15, 116, 122, 124; 1958, 113, 115–16, 122, 124; 1959, 113, 122–8, 131, 134, 135, 142, 143, 148; 1960, 113, 130, 131, 133, 145, 146, 170; 1961, 135, 145–50, 166, 173, 177, 185, 186, 187; 1963, 166, 177; 1964, 145, 166, 167, 170, 172, 173, 176–7, 178, 184, 186; 1965, 117, 176, 181–9, 197–200, 207; 1966, 191, 194, 197–208, 230; see also Harvester Judgment; national wage cases
Bass by-election, 1975, 429–31, 437
Batt, Neil, 462, 500, 578, 580
Bayliss, N. S., 78
Begin, Menachem, 523, 524, 561
Bennett, Ken, 452
Black September movement, 526
Blacksmiths’ Society, 197
Blanchard, Francis, 425–6, 427–8, 431–3, 436, 439, 457
Blazey, Peter, 552–4
Blunt, Charles, 292
Boilermakers’ Case, 113
Boilermakers’ Society, 129, 144, 197
Bolte, Sir Henry, 364
Bordertown, SA, 2, 11–12, 16, 17–18, 19, 23
Borisenko, Vladimir, 570
Bourchier, Murray, 564
Bourkes–ACTU, 272–86, 300, 439, 609
Bowen, Lionel, 577, 619, 625, 628, 629, 630
Boyer Lectures (1979), 523, 600–1, 603, 604–7
Broadby, Reg, 140
Brodney, Bob, 114
Brown, Bill, 243, 248–9
Brown, Freddie, 236
Brown, Horrie, 113, 114, 125
Buddhism, 71–2
Builders’ Labourers Federation, 370
Building Workers’ Industrial Union, 257, 280, 352
Burgess, Laurie, 101–2
Burston, Sir Sam, 537, 538
Butler, Richard, 456
Button, John, 625, 627, 628, 630
Cain, John, 550, 625
Cain, John (senior), 246
Cairns, Jim, 103, 423, 424, 429, 458
Calcutt, Cyril, 35
Calwell, Arthur, 153, 158–9, 164, 230, 238, 274, 345
Cameron, Clyde, 315, 321, 325, 326–30, 355, 428–9, 477, 636 n3, 637 n10
Camp David talks, 527, 619–20, 639 n7
Campbell, Keith, 147
Canberra, 95
Canberra University College, 117
Carleton, Richard, 466
Carmichael, Laurie, 310
Carnegie, Sir Roderick, 180–1, 341, 365, 504, 547
Cavanagh, P., 509, 511
Centre Unity faction, 308, 443, 488, 517, 548–9, 552
Chifley, Ben, 39, 482–3, 395, 586
China, 350, 402
Christian Youth World Conference, India, 65, 68–71
Christmas Island, 576
Clancy, Pat, 257, 280–1, 350, 352–3, 366, 445
Clark, Andrew, 508
Clark, Colin, 85–7, 111, 135
Clark, Manning, 98, 101
Clerks Union, 321, 350
Cohen, Judith, 377, 544
Cohen, Sam, 228, 229, 377–8, 380, 559
Coleman, Peter, 96, 97–8, 104, 105, 117–18, 120, 130, 297
Coleman, Verna, 96, 97
collective bargaining, 138, 267, 289, 442, 634 n1
Colombo, 68, 71
Combe, David, 243, 374, 411, 417, 448, 449, 452, 453–4, 455, 458, 459–60, 461–2, 463, 465, 490–1, 492, 493–4, 497–9, 502, 515, 549, 615
Committee of Economic Enquiry (Vernon Committee), 200–6
Commonwealth and Government Employees’ Organisations, 599
Commonwealth Employees (Employment Provisions) Act, 576
Commonwealth Trade Union Council, 609
Communism, 44, 253, 256, 257
Communist Party of Australia, 72, 110, 131, 132, 153, 253, 261, 350, 560, 598
Communist Party of India, 69
Companion of the Order of Australia, 10, 547
Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 325, 327, 329, 358
Conciliation and Arbitration Commission see Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
Congregational Youth Fellowship, 52–3, 63, 65, 68–70, 74, 81
Congregationalism, 8, 12, 17, 132
Connor, Rex, 458
consumer price index, 168
containerisation, 354
Cook, Peter, 502, 598, 603
Copland, Sir Douglas, 146
Coppel, E. G., 145–6, 147
Corio, seat of, 154–66, 230
cost of living adjustments, 111, 172
cost of living index, 150
Court, Sir Charles, 538
Cowan, Jim, 341, 545
Coxsedge, Joan, 552
craft unions, 168, 233
Crawford, Sir John, 201, 586–7
Crawford Committee, 576
Crean, Frank, 461
Crean, Simon, 582, 595
Crellin, Chris, 18–19, 473–4, 481
cricket, 34–5, 42, 45, 52, 62, 91, 92, 98–9, 163
croquet, 19–20
Cunningham, Colin, 485–6
Curran, Wally, 136, 298–9, 538
Currie, Sir George, 53–4
Curtin, John, 39, 146, 482–3, 586–7
Curtis, Jack, 542
D’Aprano, Zelda, 303
de Vries Reilingh, Oscar, 532–3
Deamer, Adrian, 404–5
Democratic Labor Party, 103, 151, 161, 238
Depression (1929), 1, 11–12, 17–18, 110, 139, 194
deregistration, 110
Dismissal (Whitlam), 444, 464
Dolan, Cliff, 128, 185, 187–8, 239, 241, 255, 262, 276, 368–9, 406, 469, 488, 594, 595, 598, 603–4, 608
Dougherty, Tom, 121, 140, 237, 329
Dover Hotel, 117
Downs, Ian, 228
Ducker, John, 128, 236, 241, 248, 253, 254, 255–6, 261, 264, 269, 270–1, 272, 281, 297, 301–2, 304, 305, 320–1, 345, 366, 440, 454, 459, 462, 469, 474, 491–7, 512, 543, 550, 575, 580, 581–2, 590
Duke of Edinburgh’s Study Conference (1962), 150
Dulzin, Leon, 566
Dunlop Australia Ltd, 282–3, 290, 636 n2
Dunshea, Eric, 283
Dunstan, Don, 191, 300, 320, 483, 502
Eban, Abba, 389
economy see Australian economy
Egerton, Sir Jack, 141, 234, 257, 304, 305, 324, 330, 411, 423, 452, 454, 455, 460, 469
Eggleston, Sir Richard, 114, 115, 120, 121, 123, 126, 127, 130, 143, 175
Egypt, 428; Camp David talks, 527, 619, 639 n7
election campaigns: 1963, in Corio, 154–66, 230; 1963, overall, 153–66, 178; 1972, 321–2, 324; 1973 Paramatta by-election, 430; 1975, 447–8, 476, 477; 1975 Bass by-election, 429–30, 437; 1977, 513–15
Electrical Trades Union, 128, 132, 134, 177, 197
Elitzur, Michael, 588, 589
equal pay, 195, 207, 256, 544
Evans, Bill, 151
Evans, Gareth, 553
Evatt, H. V., 102, 103, 153, 298, 378, 395
Evatt Foundation, 634 n2
export of live sheep, 536–9
export of merino rams, 304
Federated Ironworkers’ Union, 508
Federated Moulders’ Union, 197
feminists, 303–4, 614
Fife, Wal, 538
Fischer, Henri, 452, 453, 457, 461
Fitzgibbon, Charlie, 235–6, 237, 249, 254, 260, 271, 280, 312, 351–2, 353–5, 356, 442, 469, 470, 505, 508, 594, 595, 599, 602
Florey, Sir Howard, 88
foreign students, 55–6
Forster (SA), 7
Fortin, Bernard, 425–6, 428, 431, 432, 436, 522
Foster, Alf, 110, 111, 113, 117, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127, 134–5
Fowler, Doug, 193
Fraser, Malcolm, 429, 431, 441, 451, 465, 469, 476, 477–8, 480–1, 489, 516, 529, 540, 541, 542, 616, 618, 619, 621, 626–8, 629, 630–1
Fraser government, 267, 476, 477–83
free trade, 173
French nuclear weapons tests, 331–3, 339–40
Freudenberg, Graham, 83
Fuel and Fodder Workers’ Union, 117–18
Gair Affair, 417, 464
Gairdner, Sir Charles, 55, 56, 78, 79
Gallagher, Frank, 122, 124, 127, 173, 176–7, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 197, 198, 199, 203
Gallagher, Norm, 350
Galston airport proposal, 430
Gaudron, Mary, 543, 544
Geater, Gwen, 24–5
Geitzelt, Arthur, 255, 460, 494, 498
Geitzelt, Ray, 191, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 243, 249, 255, 259, 260, 265, 271, 272, 302, 593–4, 595, 602, 608
Gleghorn, Geoff, 275–6, 285, 340–1, 515–16
Goldberger, David, 367
Goldbloom, Sam, 274
Gorton, Sir John, 208, 313–14
Grattan, Michelle, 500–1
Graves, Selwyn, 67
Greenwood, I. J., 313
Greer, Germaine, 303
Guild of Undergraduates (University of WA), 52, 53–5, 101
Halfpenny, John, 355, 356, 509, 510, 511
Hall, Fred, 236, 237
Hall, Richard, 19
Hancock, Keith, 115, 200
Hand, Gerry, 590, 591, 604
Hardy, Frank, 256
Hardy, Graham, 341
Harradine, Brian, 248–9, 265, 297, 635 n3
Hartley, Bill, 412, 422, 440, 452, 453, 455, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462–4, 547, 548–50, 551, 553, 591
Harvester Judgment, 1907, 194–5, 218
Hassan of Jordan, Crown Prince, 523–9
Hawke, Albert, 38–9, 52, 93, 94, 601
Hawke, Bob: adolescence, 32–48,
66; advocacy skills, 37–8, 39, 43–5, 54–5, 74, 122–7, 143–4,
146–50, 169–70, 173–5, 177–8,
181, 190, 530–3; ANU
research scholarship, 94–108, 117, 119–20; appearance, 2, 32–3, 42–3, 318–19, 320, 486, 610, 613; ‘aura of power’ in 1970s, 486; background, 232; childhood, 11–32, 66; communication skills, 414; Companion of the Order of Australia, 10, 547; cricket, 34–5, 42, 52, 92, 98–9; and death of Robert James, 152, 155; death threats, 357, 405, 416–17; debating and oratory skills, 37–8, 39, 44–5, 352, 434–5, 507–8, 510–11; destiny to be Prime Minister, 39–40, 49–50, 52, 94, 107, 120, 230, 264, 320, 346, 468, 523, 562, 584, 585–7, 602; drinking problem, 23, 24, 57–62, 89, 145, 151, 152, 158, 269, 279, 319, 382, 395, 431, 437–9, 466, 468, 518–21, 522, 546, 555, 560, 603, 610, 612–13, 624 n24; early interest in politics, 37–8, 42, 43–4; family life, 97, 135–7, 150, 151, 152, 224, 243, 294–5, 416, 418, 488–9; father figures, 92, 105, 106–7, 134, 274, 279, 284–5, 424–5, 533; and female colleagues, 545, 546; flying lessons, 88–9, 163; friendships, 14, 21, 25, 26, 46, 49, 55, 77, 100–2, 134, 151, 157, 169–71, 173–4, 179–81, 279, 362–3, 382, 424–5, 474, 481, 485–6, 559, 560, 610–11; gives up alcohol, 612–15; health, 21, 29–30, 32, 46–7, 69, 79, 82, 152, 158, 161, 309–12, 313, 405–6, 412, 416, 419, 588; home life, 136–7, 151, 179, 294–5, 302–3, 576; hospitality, 17–18; and Israel, 352, 376–9, 381–2, 397–406, 413, 619–20; law studies, 41, 50–2; libel settlements, 179, 636 n1; man of the Left, 178–9; marriage, 79–80, 94–5; and media, 269–71, 272, 281, 283; motorbike accident, 46–8; and Neil’s death, 29; Oxford University, 82–93, 98, 100; personality, 9, 13, 14–15, 16, 18–19, 20, 21, 24, 25–6, 28–9, 31–2, 33, 34, 37–8, 43, 49–52, 54, 56–7, 60, 78, 91–2, 97–8, 104–5, 106, 107, 115–17, 118, 122–3, 132, 133–4, 144–5, 150, 151, 170–1, 181, 193, 223, 231–2, 243, 269–70, 274, 300, 319, 341, 346, 365, 378–9, 382–3, 386–7, 414–15, 439–40, 466, 474, 477, 481, 485, 489, 501, 504, 517, 521–3, 544, 554–5, 613–14; popularity, 297–8, 302–3, 408, 436, 438, 439; and public, 268–9, 584–7; punting, 223–4; relationship with father, 3, 4, 13–14, 15, 16–17, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31–2, 33, 34–5, 61, 68, 170; relationship with mother, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12–13, 15, 16, 25, 29–30, 31–2, 40–1, 45, 50, 57, 58, 59, 346, 468, 592–3, 601, 612; and religion, 18, 22, 29, 42, 43, 52, 53, 59, 66–8, 71–5, 132, 231; Rhodes scholarship, 52–3, 64–5, 76–80, 82, 83; Sam Cohen Memorial Lecturer, 378, 381; Sandringham house, 135–6, 178–9, 471; school, 21–2, 32, 33–8, 41, 50; student ‘pranks’, 89–91, 99, 103–4; television appearances, 151; tennis, 55, 137, 284; University of WA, 41, 42–5; use of media, 193, 266–7; Victorian Father of the Year award, 302; womanising, 9, 62, 141–2, 269, 296–7, 303–4, 546; working habits, 91–2, 606–7; see also ACTU President; ACTU researcher and advocate; ALP President; Member of Parliament
Hawke, Clem, 59, 204, 403, 520, 540, 544, 615; background, 4, 5–6; enlists in AIF, 30, 33, 40; minister, 6, 7, 8, 12–13, 17–18, 22, 24, 28, 30, 40, 72; and Neil’s death, 27, 28–9; personality, 4, 23, 78; politics, 5–6, 38, 39; relationship with Hawke, 3, 4, 13–14, 15, 16–17, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31–2, 33, 34–5, 61, 68, 170
Hawke, Dick, 6
Hawke, Ellie (née Lee), 132, 294; and alcohol, 23–4, 57–9, 438, 520; background, 4–5; and croquet, 19–20, 224; a feminist, 3; and Hazel, 64; hope for a daughter, 1–2, 9, 10, 25, 29; illness and death, 519, 520–1, 576, 592; and Neil, 8, 13, 27, 28–9, 31, 504; personality, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13, 17–18, 19, 23, 28, 29–30, 33–4, 204, 207, 378, 544; politics, 39; relationship with Hawke, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12–13, 15, 16, 25, 29–30, 31–2, 40–1, 45, 50, 57, 58, 59, 346, 468, 592–3, 601, 612; religion, 1–2, 4–5, 6, 8, 12–13, 17–18, 22, 38, 504; teaching, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 40, 540; and WCTU, 19, 23, 24, 31, 438
Hawke, Hazel (née Masterson),
40, 466, 546, 615; background,
62–3; children, 97–8, 152, 633 n1; considers divorce, 547; courtship and marriage, 62–4, 79–80, 94–5; and death of Robert James, 152, 155, 158, 224; on Hawke’s drinking problem, 614, 615; and Hawke’s election as ALP President, 345–6; Hawke’s ‘pranks’, 99–100, 105;
homemaker, 63, 135–6, 137,
179, 294–5, 302, 419; musician,
63; in Oxford, 84; personality, 63–4, 95, 96, 224; protecting family, 296–7; religion, 62, 63, 74; supportive, 99–100, 135; travelling with Hawke, 224, 560–2, 565
Hawke, James (paternal grandfather), 3, 5
Hawke, Neil, 2, 8, 13, 14, 16, 20, 26–7, 28, 33, 47
Hawke, Robert James (son), 152, 155, 224
Hawke, Robert James Lee see Hawke, Bob
Hawke, Rosslyn, 152, 296, 302, 584
Hawke, Stephen, 136, 224, 488–9, 540–1, 576
Hawke, Susan, 97, 136–7, 294, 295–6, 381, 389, 392, 488, 504–5, 597
Hay, David, 228
Hayden, Bill, 444, 449, 467, 497, 500–2, 514, 516–17, 576–83, 601, 615, 618, 621–31
Hewitt, Sir Lenox, 101
Hieser, Ron, 100–2, 103–4, 133, 136–7, 145
Higgins, Henry, 108, 194
Highfield, John, 498, 499
hire-purchase schemes, 272, 300, 368
Histadrut (Israel), 363–4, 381, 382, 384–5, 386, 389, 395, 419, 591
Hogan, John, 575
Hogg, Bob, 549–50, 604, 615
Hogg, Don, 223, 224
Holding, Clyde, 377, 378, 380, 414–15, 443, 488, 502, 589–90
holiday villages, 355, 364, 366, 368, 370
Holt, Harold, 139, 163, 289
housing finance, 355, 368, 369
Hughes, Billy, 409
Humphries, Barry, 36
Hywood, Greg, 627
indexation, 328, 329, 330, 442
India, 65, 68–73, 387
Indonesia, 153–4, 530
Industrial Court: created, 113; penal powers, 124, 208, 244, 246–7, 266, 299
Industries Assistance Commission, 132
inflation, 112, 172, 275, 281, 420, 477–8, 629
Innes, Jock, 134, 259
Innes, Ted, 134, 136, 137
Institute of American Studies, Salzburg, 92, 93
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 292, 332–4
International House (University of WA), 55–7, 373
International Labour Organization, 138, 335–40, 345, 426, 533–5; and Hawke, 337–40, 425–6, 428, 530–3, 536, 610; observer status for PLO, 426–8, 432–6
Iran, 551–2
Iraq, 452–3
Iraqi money scandal, 451, 452–5, 457–63, 638 n3
Iron Workers, 128
Ironmakers’ Union, 310
‘Islamic Bomb’, 422
Israel, 13; American support, 380; Arab attack on Palestine, 379–80; Australian relations with, 395; border security, 527–8; Begin new Prime Minister, 523–4; Camp David talks, 527, 619–20, 639 n7; Evatt helps establish, 395; first visit, 376–92; gratitude to Hawke, 395; Hawke and, 381–2, 395, 524–8; Histadrut (Israel) 363–4, 381, 382, 384–5, 386, 389, 395, 419, 591; ILO condemns, 532–5; independent state, 379; international pariah, 398; research fund named after Hawke, 456; Six Day War, 380, 387, 390, 637 n3; Soviet Jews, 389–90, 391, 394–5, 555–8, 559–64, 565–74, 641 n12; Yom Kippur War, 375, 397–9, 407, 412–13, 428, 487, 524, 609; see also Jewish community in Australia
Jenks, Wilfred, 336, 337
Jerusalem, 376–7, 385–6, 527
Jewish community in Australia: 395–6, 406, 407–8, 417–18
John-Paul, Pope, 575
Johnson, Percy, 551
Jordan, 523–30, 639 n8
Jordan, Mick, 246, 247, 249
Kapitsa, M. S., 561–2
Kapunda (SA), 6, 7, 38
Karmel, Peter, 201, 206
Kelly, Paul, 582
Kelly, Sir Raymond, 109, 110–13, 114, 117, 128, 135, 151, 172, 175
Kelty, Bill, 506–7, 596, 597, 607, 608
Kennedy, J. F., 156, 164
Kennedy, W., 209
Kennelly, Pat, 161
Kenny, Jim, 151, 236, 241, 243, 244, 248–9
Kerr, Sir John, 183, 184, 197, 202, 204, 246, 247, 428–9, 443, 444, 465, 476, 477
Kersten, Otto, 333
Kiki, Sir Albert Maori see Maori Kiki, Sir Albert
Kirby, Lady (Hilda), 134
Kirby, Sir Richard, 113, 116–17, 122, 124, 125, 126–7, 133–4, 145, 147–8, 150, 166, 167, 173, 174, 176–7, 178, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 193–4, 197, 232, 259, 289–90, 306, 307, 325–6, 446–7, 474, 539, 621, 634 n5
Klutznick, Phil, 566
Knight, John, 46, 53, 58, 61, 101–2
Koemina, Robin, 226–7
Kornhauser, Eddie, 409, 411, 417, 418–19, 424, 455–6, 601
Kornhauser, Jack, 444
Labor Club (University of WA), 42, 44, 53
Landeryou, Bill, 443, 449–50, 488, 507, 517, 545, 548, 549, 590
law studies, 41, 50–2
Lee, John, 8
Lee, Will, 4, 5, 6, 64, 378, 540
Leibler, Isi, 367, 558–61, 562, 563, 564, 565–6, 570, 574
Lend Lease Corporation Ltd, 369
Lerner, Alexander, 563, 565, 640 n1
libel settlements, 179, 636 n1
live sheep export, 536–9
‘living basic wage’, 194, 196
Livingstone, Lillian, 471–2
Loans Affair, 436, 451, 452–5, 457–63, 638 n3
Local Officers Case (PNG), 191, 208–29, 230
Lygon (John Curtin) Hotel, 114, 117–18, 137, 140, 298, 370–1, 549
Lynch, Sir Philip, 312–13, 315, 504, 586–7
McAlpine, Jennie (‘Susie’), 141–3, 144, 152
McBride, David, 132, 185
McBride, Hugh, 582
MacDonald, Alec, 257
McLachlan, Ian, 537
McMahon, P., 641 n18
McMahon, Sam, 282
McMahon, Sir William, 270, 282, 291, 311, 312, 313
McManus, Frank, 151, 228, 229
McMullan, Bob, 548
McNolty, Albert, 153, 154–5
Macphee, Ian, 230
McRae, Toni, 424
Madgwick, Rod, 208, 209–10, 212, 214, 222, 229, 230
Magid, Isi, 283
Mahoney, J. J., 160
Maier, Heribert, 535
Maitland (SA), 20, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30
Mann, Theodore, 566
Mannix, Archbishop Daniel, 133
Mansfield, Bill (CSIRO chemist), 137
Mansfield, Bill (union official), 543
Maori Kiki, Sir Albert, 209, 216
margins cases: 1959, 128, 129; 1963, 150, 174–5; 1966, 163–4, 207
maritime transport, 591–2
Marks, Jack, 597
Marr, R. J., 220
Marsh, Jan, 275, 544–5
Marsh, Ralph, 236, 261, 271
Martin, Ross, 99, 356, 510–11
Masterson, Jim, 62–3, 64
Mathews, L. G., 211–12, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 225, 226, 228, 229
Mathews, Peter, 276
Maurice Blackburn and Company, 114, 274
Maynes, John, 356
Meany, George, 260, 336, 337, 426–7, 428, 433, 436
Meat Industry Employees’ Union, 136, 236, 538
media, 193, 266–7, 437
Medibank, 479–80, 516
Meir, Golda, 388–9, 398–9, 403
Melbourne Trades Hall, 141
Melbourne Trades Hall Council, 184
Melville, Sir Leslie, 224–5
Member of Parliament: campaign in Wills, 512, 518, 584–6, 615; in Caucus, 618, 620; decision to stand, 154–5, 517, 523, 541–2, 547, 587, 588–9, 591, 592, 601–3, 604; leadership contest, 621–31; loss of Corio in 1963, 155–66; maiden speech, 615–18; personal successes, 619; Prime Minister, 631; resigns from ACTU, 607–8, 615; shadow minister for Industrial Relations, 615, 618, 619; tears over Israel taunt, 620
Menhennitt, Cliff, 129, 169, 170
Menzies, Sir Robert, 43–4, 131, 153–4, 156, 159, 164–5, 180–1, 201, 273, 274, 482–3
merino ram export, 304
Meshel, Yerucham, 386–7
metal trades award, 244
metal trades (margins) award, 207–8
metal trades unions, 611–12
Methodism, 4–6
Millar, T. B., 218
Miller, Sir Roderick, 161–2, 165, 362
minimum wage, 207
Miscellaneous Workers’ Union, 197, 235, 236
Molesworth, D. G., 201
Monk, Albert, 113, 118–19, 120, 121, 137–8, 139–40, 141, 150, 155, 172, 189, 193–4, 194, 202, 233, 242, 244, 250, 258, 266–7, 271, 273, 301, 371, 482–3, 518, 609
Moore, Sir John, 115, 145, 148, 149, 150, 173, 174, 175, 176–7, 182, 196, 197, 203, 205, 233, 314, 325, 481
Morison, Robin, 32–3, 39–40
Morosi, Junie, 424
Morris, Joe, 251, 533, 567, 602
Morse, David, 336
Mortimer, Rex, 560
Munro, Paul, 210–13, 214, 216–17, 219–20, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226–7, 229, 230, 467–8
Murdoch, Rupert, 453, 456–7, 459, 465, 466, 588
Murphy, Lionel, 235, 331, 333
Murray, John, 7
Myer, K. B., 201, 206
Myer, Sidney, 275
Myer Emporium Ltd, 274–5, 279, 280, 281
Namibia, 530–3
National Catholic Rural Movement, 85, 111
National Civic Council, 103, 131, 239, 261, 302
National Labour Consultative Council, 541, 640 n11
National Union of Australian University Students, 58
national wage cases: 1965, 117, 176, 181–2; 1967, 232; 1969–70, 289; 1979, 611–12
Netzer, Zvi, 566
New Look Wages Plan, 172
New South Wales Labour Council, 151
Newman, A. P. J., 217
Newton, Max, 39–40, 100
Nimmo, Sir John, 173, 176, 177, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 197
Nixon, P. J., 313
Nolan, Peter, 506, 507, 608
Northern Territory Trades and Labor Council, 509
nuclear weapons, 331–3, 339–40, 413, 415, 422
Oakes, Laurie, 459, 460
occupational health, 636 n9
oil industry dispute, 308–14, 628, 629
oil production (OAPEC), 396, 397–8
Omega navigation base, 502
Opperman, Sir Hubert, 155, 156, 157–8, 160–1, 162–3, 165, 230
O’Shea, Clarrie, 208, 246, 247, 477
Oxford University, 82–93, 98, 100
Painters’ Union, 236
Palestine, 379–80, 396–7, 526–7
Palestine Liberation Organisation, 379, 421–2, 526
Paltridge, A. L., 167
Pangu Pati, 213, 229
Papua New Guinea ‘Local Officers Case’, 191, 208–29, 230
Papua New Guinea Public Service Association, 208, 210–12, 213, 214, 217–18, 220, 221–2, 225, 229
Papua New Guinea Society, 209–10
Parodi, Alexandre, 338–9, 340, 432
Parramatta by-election, 1973, 373, 374, 404, 410, 417, 430
payroll tax, 514–15
Peacock, Andrew, 561
Peres, Shimon, 457
Perkins, J. O. N., 147, 173
Perth Modern School, 32, 33–8, 41, 50, 66, 100
petrol discounts, 439
Pimenov, Peter, 533, 562–3, 567–8, 573–4
PLO see Palestine Liberation Organisation
Poland, 534–5
Polites, George, 148–9, 167, 168–9, 171–2, 175–6, 177–8, 182, 183, 184, 185, 193, 200, 201, 202, 208, 259, 276, 327–8, 329, 346, 481, 535
Popplewell, Oliver, 90–1
Powell, Tony, 369
Poyser, George, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161–2, 164, 165
prices, 247, 483
prices and incomes referendum, 578–9
Prices Justification Tribunal, 358
productivity gearing, 172–3, 187, 207
Qantas, 294, 395
Redlich, Peter, 343, 344
refuseniks see Soviet Jews
Reid, G. S., 605–6
relativities, 168
Renmark (SA), 8–9
retail price maintenance, 173, 277, 281, 283, 286, 609
Revelman, George, 274, 285, 365
Revelman, Lionel, 273–8, 277–85
Reynolds, Josh, 78, 79
Rhodes scholarship, 52–3, 64–5, 70–80, 82, 93, 76–9, 83, 129, 157, 257, 414, 633 n1
Richardson, Graham, 492
Riordan, Joe, 236, 237, 238–9, 240, 301
Robinson, Jim, 129, 167, 169–71, 173–4, 175–6, 178, 182–3, 185, 200, 201–3, 206–7, 233
Rockey, George, 14, 15, 16, 361–2, 424–5, 485, 547, 567, 589, 592, 606–7, 610–11
Rogers, Bob, 59–62, 67, 73, 80–1, 105, 106, 387
Rossiter, Geoffrey, 53
Roulston, Jim, 446, 469, 470, 509, 512, 579, 594–5
Russell, Eric, 125
Russia see Soviet Union
Sadat, Anwar, 393, 523–4, 527, 639 n7
Sadka, Emily, 105–6, 107
St John, Edward, 228, 229
Salama, Anwar, 428, 433
SALT II talks, 558, 568, 569, 571–2, 573
Salter, Wilf, 125–6
Sam Cohen Memorial Lecture, 378, 381
Same, Saul, 408, 418
Sandringham, Victoria, 135–6, 178–9, 471
Santamaria, B. A., 85, 87, 103, 133, 135, 146, 151, 280
Sawer, Geoffrey, 107–8, 119–20
Scarf, Reuben, 453, 461–2
Schildberger, Mike, 409, 437, 438, 439, 455
Scragg, Roy, 225–6
Seamen’s Union, 591, 604
Seelaf, George, 256, 271, 298–9, 345
Seligman, Ben, 92
Shannon, Jim, 243–4, 249, 261
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, 154, 197
Shelepin, Alexander, 388, 391–5, 400–3, 562, 568
Shibayev, Alexei, 562, 570
Short, Laurie, 239
Siew, Michael, 382, 383, 386, 388, 398
Simpson, Stuart, 582
Sinclair, Jean, 136, 193, 341–5, 349, 368, 451, 507, 517, 519, 544–5, 584, 590, 607, 620
Six Day War, 380, 387, 390, 637 n3
Smith, Bob, 308
Smythe, Jim, 204
Snedden, Sir Billy, 80, 448
Socialist Left (Australian Labor Party Victorian Branch), 51,
246–7, 307, 308, 440, 446, 450, 469–73, 517–18, 548–9, 550
Solidarity, 535
Somare, Michael, 215–16, 219, 229
Souter, Harold, 113–14, 115, 119, 120, 121, 125, 135, 137–8, 140–1, 142, 150–1, 155, 172, 189, 194, 202, 234, 237–8, 239, 250, 254, 258, 260, 264, 266, 275, 276, 280, 325, 326–7, 329, 341, 342, 343, 351, 353, 355, 370, 439, 478, 506, 507, 593
South Africa, 296, 317, 530
Soviet Jews, 389–90, 391, 394–5, 555–8, 559–64, 565–74, 641 n12
Soviet Union, 336, 350, 386, 387, 388–94, 533–4, 543–5, 609–10; Soviet Jews (Hawke Incident), 389–90, 391, 394–5, 555–8, 559–64, 565–74, 641 n12
Springbok tour, 1971, 290–4, 295–6, 337, 381
‘stagflation’, 172
state aid for non-government schools, 153
State Electricity Commission
(Victoria) dispute, 1972, 306–8
Stoljar, Sam, 107
Stone, John, 100
Stop Hawke campaign, 51, 440, 450, 467, 588–90
Storemen and Packers’ Union, 443, 506–7, 548, 549
Street, Tony, 433–4, 435, 469, 481, 509, 512, 529, 534, 535, 536, 537–8, 541, 542, 640 n12
strikes, 138, 181–3, 267, 268, 305–14, 418, 479–80, 539, 540–3, 576, 578, 580–1, 583, 627–8, 629, 636 n3
Student Christian Movement (University of WA), 42, 52, 53
Subiaco (WA), 42
Sukarno, Achmed, 153–4, 160, 628
superannuation, 373
Sweeney, C. A., 177, 182, 183, 184–6, 187, 197
Sweeney, John, 325, 326
Taggart, Joan, 494, 497, 498
tariff cuts, 327, 346–9, 374, 429
tariff protection, 282
Taureka, Reuben, 216, 227
tax evasion, 626
taxation, 273, 321–2, 324, 514–15
Taylor, Ralph, 509, 510
Telecom disputes, 539, 540–3, 576, 578, 580–1, 583, 627–8
Tel-Shahar, Ari, 382–3, 385, 386, 398, 399
terrorism and threats to Hawke family, 405–6, 416–17
35-hour week, 611
Thomas Nationwide Transport, 14, 359, 362–4, 365, 367
Toohey, John, 43, 51, 67
ToRobert, Sir Henry, 226, 227
total wage, 167–9, 172, 173, 182,
183, 187, 207, 232–3, 248, 442
Townley, Athol, 154
trade union movement: acceptance of Hawke, 120–1, 129–30, 131; ACTU merger with white-collar unions, 506, 636 n3; ACTU relationship with, 138; affiliation fees, 254, 272, 299–300, 443, 598, 599, 608; amalgamations, 637 n10; anti-academic, 120; and Bourkes–ACTU, 278; and collective bargaining, 138; conservatism of, 262; decline in blue-collar unionists, 257–8; divided over Fraser, 476, 479; effectiveness of bargaining, 194–6; and election of ALP government, 302, 304; father figures for Hawke, 134; finances, 272–3, 321; Fraser government assault, 477–83; gains in 1960s, 477; Groupers, 117–18, 131, 139; Hawke aims to improve image, 267–70, 304–5; Hawke’s defeat at 1979 ACTU congress, 593–9; and Hawke’s friendship with Carnegie, 181; Hawke identifies with Left, 131, 132, 133; Hawke losing support of Left, 350; Hawke maintains calm after Dismissal, 446–7; Hawke’s speeches to, 507–8, 510–11; and Hawke’s two hats, 349, 352–3, 357–8; Hawke’s vision for role, 272–3, 275; image under Fraser, 482; and Israel, 381; jailing of O’Shea, 246–7; lack of cohesion, 247, 321; Left–Right struggle, 131, 138, 189, 248, 254, 357; and Medibank, 479; members on ALP federal executive, 304; membership fees, 373–4; merino ban issue, 304; militancy, 168, 208; and New Look Wages Plan, 172; power of Right, 236; and referendum on prices and incomes, 577, 578, 579; reject joint ventures with Histadrut, 419; ‘a religion’ to committed members, 132–3; and retirement age, 233; Right view of Hawke, 131–2; shorter working hours, 308–9; strike negotiation, 483–4; unity tickets, 133; and Whitlam government, 369, 373; and Whitlam sacking, 444–7; see also specific unions
trades and labour councils, 137–8, 236, 237, 243, 246, 248
Tramways Union, 246
Transport Workers’ Union, 293–4, 321
travel agency, 359, 366
Trendall, A. D., 95, 99
Truman, P. R., 125, 226
unemployment, 153, 166, 476, 483, 484, 629
union shop awards, 372
United Israel Appeal, 408
unity tickets, 133
University House (ANU), 95–6, 99, 105
University of Western Australia, 41, 42–5, 50–1, 52, 55–6, 67, 75, 76, 89, 101, 105, 108, 126, 373
uranium issue, 486–9, 490, 502–5, 508–12, 590, 594, 596–8, 599, 612, 622
Uren, Tom, 369, 490–1, 494, 497, 498–9, 579, 589, 599
USSR see Soviet Union
Utah miners’ strike, 1978, 539–40
Vernon, Sir James, 201, 204–5, 206
Vernon Committee (Committee of Economic Enquiry), 200–6
Victorian Employers’ Federation, 146
Vietnam, 156, 167, 187, 208, 245–6, 253, 265, 317, 375, 379, 380, 427
Viner, Ian, 555, 619
Voutas, Tony, 229
wage fixation, 108, 166, 167–8, 328
wage freeze, 348, 627–8, 629
wages: cost of living adjustments, 111, 172; determination, 84–6, 166, 167–8; indexation, 328, 329, 330, 442; and inflation, 172; ‘needs’ concept (Harvester case), 194; over-award payments, 127; productivity gearing, 172–3, 187, 207; relativities, 168; total wage, 167–9, 172, 173, 182, 183, 187, 207, 232–3, 248, 442; see also basic wage; margins cases
Walsh, Maximilian, 282
Watchorn, Barry, 431–2
Waters, John, 494
Waterside Workers Federation, 179, 235–6, 353–5
Wentworth, Bill, 306
West Leederville (WA), 30, 40, 45
Wheare, K. C., 87, 93, 107
Wheeldon, John, 35–8
White, David, 137, 152
White, David (SMH correspondent), 227
White, Jan see Marsh, Jan
Whitlam, Gough: and ALP defeat in 1977, 515; campaign 1977, 513–15; deputy leader ALP, 153, 159–60; estranged from Hawke, 231; Hawke’s view of, 324; and Iraqi Loan Affair, 452, 453, 461, 462; and Jewish community, 395–6, 417–18; and Kerr, 197, 428–9, 444–6; leader of ALP, 230, 238, 298, 316, 317, 323, 324, 455, 458; offers Hawke ALP leadership, 449–50, 467; personality, 231–2; Prime Minister, 264, 316–17, 330–1, 346–7, 349, 358, 369, 374, 395, 403, 409, 418, 420, 430–1, 436, 444–5, 446, 448, 451, 453, 484; sacked as ALP leader, 455, 456; union view of, 484
Whitlam, Margaret, 20
Whitlam government: and ACTU, 325–7, 330–1, 345, 346; Fraser blocks supply, 441, 443; and Jewish community, 395–6, 417–18; Loans Affair, 436; loses Bass, 429–31, 437; losing popularity, 436–7; Middle East policy, 403–4; and tariff cuts, 346–9, 358, 374; and unemployment, 328
Wilkes, Frank, 548–9, 550
Williams, Barney, 308
Williams, Edgar, 241, 271, 354–5, 372
Williams, Lindsay, 115
Willis, Ralph, 134, 142, 144–5, 242, 273, 275, 513–14, 577–8, 579, 580
Wills, seat of, 512, 518, 584–6, 615
Winter, Terry, 134, 174, 197, 633 n9
Wolf, Francis, 337, 433, 530–1
Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 19, 23, 24, 31–2, 438
Wootten, Hal, 204, 211, 219–21
Wran, Neville, 235, 255, 615
Wriedt, Ken, 462
Wright, Syd, 197, 198, 202, 203
Yom Kippur War, 375, 397–9, 407, 412–13, 428, 487, 524, 609
Young, Mick, 490–1, 494, 496, 499–500, 580, 586, 600, 624, 639 n2
Zanetti, Jules, 49–50, 53, 54, 58, 64, 180
Zanetti, Meg, 43
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