A Political Biography Hayden by Denis Murphy

A Political Biography Hayden

by Denis Murphy

Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1980 [First Edition], ISBN 0207141010, black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dust-jacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing to edges and corners (see photographs)

"Bill Hayden came to Canberra as an angry young backbencher who had been elected on the swing against the Menzies government in 1961.  he had to wait another eleven years before he moved to ministry, but by then the former policeman from Queensland had greatly impressed his colleagues.  he studied economics in his spare time and won the regard of Gough Whitlam who gave him the task of working out the details of Labor's health plan.  When the Whitlam government took office in 1972, Hayden became the minister for social security who brought Medibank into being."