Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given an interview to Ray Martin.
The 35-minute interview was shown on Channel 9 tonight. [Read more…]
Peter Harvey, Channel 9 Journalist, Dies, 68
Mar 02, 2013
Peter Harvey, best known as a Channel 9 journalist over nearly four decades, has died at the age of 68.
Harvey died from pancreatic cancer.
In a storied career, Harvey became famous for his “Peter Harvey – Canberra” sign-off. He reported politics from Canberra for two decades, starting in 1975 just before the Whitlam Dismissal.
In an interview shown tonight, Harvey remembered standing on the steps of Parliament House supporting his cameraman as Gough Whitlam famously delivered his “Kerr’s cur” speech.
Peacock Defeats Howard In Surprise Challenge; Nationals Replace Sinclair With Blunt
May 09, 1989
The Liberal Opposition leader, John Howard, was replaced by Andrew Peacock on May 9, 1989, in a surprise leadership challenge that also led the National Party to replace Ian Sinclair with Charles Blunt.
The challenge to Howard was hatched in almost total secrecy. Peacock defeated Howard by 44 votes to 27.
The week after the leadership change, the anti-Howard plotters appeared in a remarkable Four Corners program on the ABC and detailed how they removed Howard.
Peacock had been leader of the Liberal Party between 1983 and 1985, until he was replaced by John Howard after a misjudged attempt to remove Howard as deputy leader. Howard led the Liberal Party to defeat against the Hawke Labor government in 1987.
Sinclair became leader of the National Party in January 1984, following the retirement of Doug Anthony. First elected to Parliament in 1963, Sinclair had been a minister in the Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments. [Read more…]
Peacock Moves Against Howard; Murphy Sentenced
Sep 03, 1985
On September 3, 1985, Federal Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock called a special Liberal Party meeting to vote on the deputy leadership.
It was a fateful move. In his attempt to remove his deputy, John Howard, Peacock miscalculated badly. Howard was re-elected, Peacock resigned the leadership and Howard was then elected leader.
The first two video clips show how Channel 9 and the ABC reported the news. [Read more…]