Howard on Menzies

Name: Howard on Menzies
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-09-18
Rating: 0.4

0.4 Sep 2016

Ended

Documentary

Overview

Former Prime Minister John Howard believes Bob Menzies, Australia's longest-serving PM, shaped modern Australia. In inviting former PM Bob Hawke, author Clive James and others to comment, he reveals much about politics.

English

Episode 1

Robert Menzies appeals to the middle classes then forms The Liberal Party to recapture the prime ministership in 1949. Prosperity follows. Home ownership & immigration rises but communism threatens

Sep 18, 2016 60m

Episode 2

In Part 2, Petrov & the ALP split help Robert Menzies hold on as PM. The Suez Crisis is a setback, his Japanese trade deal & Vietnam War support bothers some but he leaves politics on his own terms.

Sep 25, 2016 60m

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