Movies: Australian politics
- 2025
Joh: Last King of Queensland (2025)
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Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided over enormous growth, but corruption raged under his tenure, as did electoral manipulation and often violent suppression of dissent. ...
- 2024
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line (2024)
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Across a 45-year career ‘The Oils’ helped shape modern Australia with anthems like “US Forces”, “Beds Are Burning” and “Redneck Wonderland”. Featuring unseen footage and interviews with every band member, alongside signature moments including the out...
- 2007
Curtin (2007)
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1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the ...
- 2023
Hinterborough (2023)
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A small Australian island town burned to a cinder one night. Why? In this short you will learn about the history of the autonomous municipality of Hinterborough. A broadcaster breaks down the reasons the preventable disaster that ravaged the island ...
- 1996
The Campaign (1996)
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Follow Australian politician Paul Keating's 1996 election campaign told from the perspective of Santo Cilauro who traveled in the media pool....
- 2013
Whitlam: The Power And The Passion (2013)
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An extraordinary story of the hard-fought rise and dramatic fall of a visionary Australian prime minister during one of the country's most turbulent eras. Heroic to some, flawed to others, his changes still echo today....
- 1996
The Legend of Fred Paterson (1996)
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The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament....
- 1993
A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy (1993)
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Dame Victoria Market, under instructions from the Queen, holds an enquiry into why the Australian ecconomy does not work....