March 1987
- Mar 23: Following the Liberal Party’s success in a Victorian state by-election, the Opposition Leader, Jeff Kennett, rang his friend, the Liberal member for Kooyong, Andrew Peacock. The car-phone conversation was intercepted and recorded. It appeared on the front page of the Melbourne Sun newspaper. The transcript of the conversation is available here. Peacock’s comments about his leader, John Howard, led to his sacking from the shadow cabinet.
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July 1987
- Jul 11: John Howard concedes defeat in the Federal election.
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- Jul 11: Bob Hawke’s election victory speech.
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- Jul 11: Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen comments on the federal election result.
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