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June 12, 2020

Bob Santamaria, ‘the most significant’ figure in Australian politics never to have been in parliament

Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong

Bob Santamaria knew four Australian prime ministers. Is he the most significant figure in Australian politics never to have held office?

B.A. Santamaria (left) played a significant role in the Labor split and the formation of the Democratic Labor Party. Wikimedia Commons

April 18, 2017

Australian politics explainer: the Labor Party split

Paul Strangio, Monash University

Viewed from today’s post-Cold War and secularised society, the conflicts at heart of the Labor split appear curiously arcane. Yet its ghosts remain.

Liberal senator Cory Bernardi claims his ‘Australian Conservatives’ movement has recorded more than 50,000 registrations. AAP/Sam Mooy

August 3, 2016

The traditionalists are restless, so why don’t they have a party of their own in Australia?

Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong

In the last 12 months, under the leadership of an eastern suburbs small-l liberal, the Liberal Party has decided it wants to look more like the party of Hewson than the party of Howard.

B.A. Santamaria (left) is the subject of a new biography by political commentator Gerard Henderson. Wikimedia Commons

August 17, 2015

Book review: Santamaria, A Most Unusual Man

John Warhurst, Australian National University

Gerard Henderson has produced a rounded and at times fascinating portrait of B. A. Santamaria. His broad conclusion is that Santamaria was a compelling, skilled and persuasive man who was enormously devoted to his causes.

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