Talk:Allen Fairhall

Latest comment: 14 years ago by JackofOz in topic Conscription

Thanks edit

Thanks to Grahamec for creating this article. Capitalistroadster 04:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Conscription edit

Conscription was an important factor in the defeat of the Liberal government, after 23 years of power, by Gough Whitlam's Labor Party in 1972.[1][2]

I've removed that sentence. Not that it's untrue, but it doesn't relate specifically to Fairhall. It wasn't as if he'd been the prime mover of the decision to reintroduce conscription. He was the Minister for Defence, but it was a collective government decision that had more to do with Holt's "All the way with LBJ" thing. By 1972, Fairhall had been out of politics for 3 years. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 23:26, 5 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference saf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Members of the Fairhall Family who have achieved a degree of fame". Retrieved 2008-02-03.