John Commins interviewed by Mel Pratt in the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 716656
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Commins, John Bede, 1913-1987, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1971 Mar. 22-25
- 2 tape reels ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Commins discusses the Japanese threat to Australia in World War II; John Curtin; public reaction to Macarthur; Dr Evatt; Eddie Ward; Duke of Gloucester; recall of Australian troops; Ben Chifley; the Labour government; Mr Dedman as "Mr Austerity"; national security regulations; transition from war to peace; referendum of 1946; Senator McKenna; bank nationalisation; the depression; Lord Casey; Industrial Groups (Groupers); communism; Dr Evatt; Hobart conference; Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communists); Democratic Labor Party; Arthur Calwell; R.G. Menzies; Sir Warwick Fairfax and Menzies; Australian manufacturing industry; iron ore; F-111s; Labor Party as opposition; Gough Whitlam; Hugh Dash; Ray Maley; Stewart Cockburn; Tony Eggleton; Harold Holt; John Gorton; Mr Fairbairn; Mr St John; Malcolm Fraser; Scott; Irwin; Billy McMahon; Whitlam as Prime Minister; future of the DLP; Senator Gair; future of the Country Party; Sir John McEwen; Ian Sinclair; Doug Anthony; government use of Parliament; Australian attitude to politics; Bill Ashley.
- Biography/History:
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John Commons was a member of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and head of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Federal Parliamentary Bureau.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at Canberra.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214851590
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 41 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Until 2041 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1971
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