The Prime Minister recently observed that current federal parliamentary terms are too short, needing to be fixed and extended to four years. Apparently this will help the political class better serve the citizenry. Even by the standards of Albanese & Co's brainstorms and rationales this is a very bad idea
In his latest book, Fact and Fiction, Nicholas Hasluck draws upon the diaries he kept while serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. These provide not only a picture of judicial life but also an account of writing Dismissal, his novel about the final days of the Whitlam government. What follows are thoughts and recollectionss on the events of and before November 11, 1975