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Every so often in politics, a perfect storm rolls in. Thunder, or lightning,squalls and a career-ending moment. In 1991, the Coronation Hill mining project was just such a storm.
I made one of the strongest and bitterest attacks I ever made on my colleagues in the cabinet Related: Cabinet papers 1990-91: Labor wrestled with rising asylum claims Related: Bob Hawke looks back: former PM on his feud with Keating, or leadership and reform Related: Bob Hawke: Obama 'inadequate' in resolving Israeli-Palestinian conflict Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com