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188. Australian Prime Ministers: Harold Holt - Malcolm Fraser (Part 2)

May 24, 2022

Description

In the second part of our Australian PMs trilogy, Tom and Dominic explore Chinese Communist conspiracy theories and talk about the most entertaining of all the Aussie leaders. The final instalment...
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Books Referenced

The Prime Minister for the Spy

Author: Anthony Gray

Context:

Referenced as a book presenting the conspiracy theory that Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was a Chinese spy who was picked up by a submarine rather than having drowned. The hosts discuss this theory and note that Anthony Gray was a British Reuters journalist who had himself been taken prisoner in China.

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Author: Reference Publication

Context:

Referenced as a source describing Prime Minister William McMahon as 'a blend of cautious innovation and fundamental orthodoxy' - used to illustrate how boring McMahon was considered to be.