Colin Lamont interviewed by Lindsay Marshall in the Decades of Division oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4978429
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lamont, Colin, 1941-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 2 sound files (ca. 160 min.)
- Series:
- Decades of Division oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Colin Lamont speaks about his early interest in politics; the Nicklin Coalition Government in Queensland; his political influences at school; studying in the UK; working in Hong Kong; the Royal Hong Kong Police; his return to Australia (1972); running for the seat of South Brisbane and the Queensland state election (1974); the early days of the Bjelke-Petersen Government; party room meetings; Gordon Chalk; Sir William Knox; role models or mentors for new MPs; the effect of reduced numbers of Labor Party MPs; his stand against anti-street march legislation; Bjelke-Petersen's use of police; Ray Whitrod; Terry Lewis; Joh Bjelke-Petersen's political character; the Fitzgerald Inquiry (1987-89); crossing the floor against Bjelke-Petersen (1975); Bjelke-Petersen's tactics in filling a casual Senate vacancy (1975); the state redistribution and its effect on South Brisbane (1977); the Queensland gerrymander and its impact on the Liberal Party.
Lamont talks about the relative organisational strengths of the Liberal and National parties; the merger of Liberal and National parties; his near expulsion from the Liberal Party (1983); Llew Edwards; Russ Hinze; coalition conflict over the Chief Justice appointment (1982); the defection of Liberals Don Lane and Brian Austin to the National Party; Terry White; Liberal Party state leaders; Mike Ahern; the Joh for PM campaign; Labor Party state leaders; the Peel report; the public's view of politicians and standard of candidates; the unwillingness of modern politicians to vote against their party's line; his assessment of his own term as a state MP (1974-1977); his views on legal gaming; the reliance of political parties on market research and polling; the future of Australia's federal system of government and the role of states; his admiration for the US system of government and an Australian republic.
- Notes:
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- This interview was conducted in association with the National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Branch and the Queensland Chapter of the Don Dunstan Foundation.
- Recorded on 14 August 2010 in Miami, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 92 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Politicians
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This belongs to the Decades of Division oral history project.
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