Australian Liberalism: The Continuing Vision


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Contents
    PREFACE
     PART ONE: THE EARLY LIBERALS
     PART TWO: REFORMATION
     PART THREE: THE MENZIES YEARS
     PART FOUR: REASSESSMENT
     PART FIVE: OPPOSITION AND RENEWAL
     PART SIX: IN AND OUT OF POWER
     PART SEVEN:  1980s
     PART EIGHT: THE CONTINUING VISION 1990's (addition)
     Liberals Looking to the 21st Century (addition by Victor Perton)
     Biographies & Net Resources
     EPILOGUE


PART ONE: THE EARLY LIBERALS

Alfred Deakin

What is Liberalism?

Alfred Deakin

The Liberal Party and its Liberal Programme.

George H Reid

Want of Confidence in Deakin (Fusion) Government.

Henry Bournes Higgins

Judgement in "the Harvester Case".

Alfred Deakin

Fundamental Differences.

Isaac Isaacs

Modernise our Constitutional Machinery to Keep Pace with World Developments.

Frederick E Eggleston

The Faith of a Twentieth Century Liberal.


PART TWO: REFORMATION

Robert G.Menzies

The Forgotten People

Robert G.Menzies

"The Four Freedoms" - Freedom of Speech and Expression

Robert G.Menzies

"The Four Freedoms" - Freedom from Want

Robert G.Menzies

"The Four Freedoms" - Freedom from Fear

Robert G.Menzies

The Sickness of Democracy

Robert G.Menzies

The Task of Democracy

Robert G.Menzies

Forming the Liberal Party

Robert G.Menzies

Liberal Party - Broad Views

Harold E Holt

Australia: Torn and Divided


PART THREE: THE MENZIES YEARS

Robert G.Menzies

Policy Speech 1949 Election

William McMahon

The Liberal Party

W H Anderson

The Real Conflict of our Times

W H Anderson

Dynamic Liberalism

Lyle H Moore

After Ten Years: a Stock-taking

Garfield Barwick

Restrictive Trade Practices

Robert G.Menzies

Our Liberal Creed

Robert G.Menzies

The Interdependence of Political and Industrial Leadership in the Modern State

Robert G.Menzies

Afternoon Light -1967 Quotation


PART FOUR: REASSESSMENT

Philip A M McBride

The Purpose of Liberalism

"Jock" (J E) Pagan

Changes & Challenges of a New Era

John L. Carrick

The Liberal Party and The Future

Harold E Holt

The Liberal Tradition in Australia: Alfred Deakin His Life and Our Times

John G Gorton

What the People Want

John G Gorton

The Federal System

Robert G Menzies

The Foundations of Australian Liberalism

Percy C Spender

Liberalism: Some Reflections on the Past Some Thoughts on the Future

John G Gorton

Federalism

Robert J Southey

Speaking Our Mind

J Malcolm Fraser

Towards 2000: Challenge to Australia


PART FIVE: OPPOSITION AND RENEWAL

David A Kemp

A Leader and a Philosophy - What is this philosophy of liberalism? (1973)

Robert J Southey

The Spectre of Arbitrary Power

John G Gorton

Civil Liberties: Homosexuality

Billy M Snedden

The Way Ahead

Robert J Ellicott

The Problem of Poverty


PART SIX: IN AND OUT OF POWER

J Malcolm Fraser

Government and the People

John W Howard

Trade Practices

Peter E Rae

Australia 1990 - Where are the 1980's Likely To Lead Us?
The Role of Government

Peter E Baume

The Individual in Need

J Malcolm Fraser

Liberalism - The Philosophy That Shapes Government Policies and Actions

Max A Burr

Parliament versus The Executive

R Steele Hall

Liberalism: A Philosophy Through the Eighties

John W Howard

Deregulation and Social Cost

          Visit the Prime Minister's Home Page

Andrew S Peacock

The Liberal Approach to Change


PART SEVEN: the 1980s

Alan J Missen

The Relevance of Liberalism Today

Alan J Missen

The Winter of Our Discontent

Robert J Ellicott

Liberals Forget that Policies are made for People

Robert Nestdale

The Liberal Obligation

Nick Greiner

Liberalism and the Changing Political Environment

Nick Greiner

Dry and Warm

Ian M Macphee

Liberalism and Liberal Party Philosophy: Feminism Stage 2 - The Liberal Way

Ian M Macphee

Liberalism - What Does It Mean?

Fred M Chaney

National Issues

Peter E Baume

On Commitment, Relevance & Liberalism

George H Brandis; Tom S; Harley Don J. Markwell

Liberal Values

Terry Metherell

New Liberalism: Its Principles and Its Directions

Robert Hill

Human Rights: Sex Discrimination

Robert Hill

The Liberal Party - The Federal Challenge

Christopher J G Puplick

The Liberal Party - The Path Back to Government

Christopher J G Puplick

The Responsibilities of Liberalism


Part Eight - The 1990s

Liberalism in the 90s

Liberals Looking to the 21st Century


Biographies and Net Resources

Sir Robert Menzies

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Edited 25th July 2001