REFERENCE PAGE

Being an economics and political science graduate of the University of Queensland I have included this page so that you can further read up on the various issues which interest members of PAULINE HANSON'S ONE NATION. You can email or write to me with suggested additions to this list. It is changed incrementally in an attempt to keep it up to date.

Books :

• Katherine Betts "THE GREAT DIVIDE" (Duffy and Snellgrove:Sydney:1999:isbn 1 875989 47 1 ) .Any student of politics will soon soon learn that immigration and multiculturalism are the hottest topics now. Betts provides a detailed exposition of why this is so. It provides a wealth of information and an an excellent bibliography.
• Robert Tickner "TAKING A STAND" (Allen and Unwin :Sydney : 2001 : $35 ) .Robert was the ALP member for Hughes until defeated by the Liberals in 1996. He served as Aboriginal Affairs minister for six years and has revealed a lot in the book about how government policy in this area started and developed. The book reveals how such bizarre legal concepts as native title now exist. A very useful chronology of events is included in it.
• Australian Electoral Commission "ELECTION 98" . This is a five volume wire bound set of voting statistics. Volume one gives the Senate count in great detail for each state. By going through the numerous counts for the larger states you can get a clear grasp of how proportional representation works. Volumes two to five give the House of Reps vote for each seat in each state. Two is N.S.W., three is Victoria, four is Qld, and five is all the others. You can also see this information on a cd -rom only if your hard disk has microsoft excel software installed on it. Available for free from the Australian Electoral Commission at 13 23 26 or po box E201 Kingston 2604 or www.aec.gov.au Try your capital city A.E.C . head office first and ask nicely. Please note that a similar publication will come out after the 2001 national election. State electoral commissions produce smaller but similar documents.
• Australian Electoral Commission "NATIONAL ELECTORAL PROFILES 2001" . This gives you a map and details on each of the 148 electorates including details of the address of the sitting member. Useful for sending them letters on One Nation local branch letterhead! Also available free from the Electoral Commission.
• Electoral Commission of Quuensland series "QLD ELECTION 1998" and "QLD ELECTION 2001" . This is the statistical summary of the vote in the 89 seats in the Queensland Parliament. A very useful way to understand why One Nation preferences are now such a hot topic. Free publications are available from the ECQ at level 6 at 160 Mary Street, Brisbane Call 07 3227 6444 or fax 07 3229 7391 or email ecq@ecq.qld.gov.au. Most of the data is on their website at www.ecq.qld.gov.au which is well worth a visit if want to study the HANSONIST PHONENOM. For a full list of STATE electoral commission websites visit www.aec.gov.au and look at other electoral commissions section.
• Mark Lopez "ORIGINS OF MULTICULTURALISM IN AUSTRALIA" (Melbourne University Press :2000 :$60). This is a long book which reveals in great detail how multiculturalism developed and how the Liberal and Labor parties embraced it. It has a huge bibliography. Every One Nation member should read this book. Order it for your local library. Make a photocopy of the bibliography.
• Amy Mcgrath "THE FRAUDING OF VOTES" (H.S. Chapman Society :Sydney: 2001: Tower Books 19 Rodborough Road ,French's Forest ) . The latest edition has an introduction by Bob Bottom detailing fraudulent voting in Quensland. Book gives a lot of very useful historical detail. Cemetary voters will hate this book!
• Andrew Markus "RACE" (Allen and Unwin: Sydney 2001 : ISBN 1 86448 866 2 : $30 ) . This very compact book covers the emergence of racial issues in contemporary Australian political debate. Well written and has some useful if unsympathetic information on the rapid emergence of One Nation.
• Bernard Salt "THE BIG SHIFT" (Hardie Grant Publishing : 2001 : ISBN 1 87671929 29 x : $30) . This covers the huge demographic changes going on in Australia. A visit to the Gold Coast reveals lots of retired people there for example. These changes partly underlie the rapid growth of One Nation in regional areas. Lots of interesting facts. Bernard Salt provides more details in his accompanying website www.thebigshift.com .
• Peter Mares " BORDERLINE"( Univ. of NSW Press : Sydney 2001 : ISBN 0 86840 746 1: $30 ). An attempt to cover the hot issue of illegal immigration in Australia. Some interesting facts but usual idealistic academic standpoint.
• Hap Hannan "LOOK WHO'S TALKING" (Sandstone Publishing : Sydney : 2001 : ISBN 1 86505 147 0 ). A very entertaining guide to public speaking skills with reference to Australian audiences.
• Ian Gray and Geoffrey Lawrence " A Future for Regional Australia " ( Cambridge University Press : 2001 : $40 : Melbourne : ISBN 0 521 002273 ) . Academics analysing rural economic decline and possibilities for renewal. Not sympathetic to P.H.O.N. Large bibliography. Both authors are university professors specialising in this area.
• Ian Burnley " The Impact of Immigration on Australia " ( Oxford University Press : 2001 : $55 : Melbourne : ISBN 0 19 550835 1 ). Mainly historical approach with 388 pages of text, tables, photographs, and figures. Detailed look at Sydney and Melbourne. Usual academic nonsense about multiculturalism. Lots of valuable data.
• Ticky Fullerton " Watershed" ( ABC Books : Sydney : $30 : 2001 : ISBN 0 7333 0999 2 ). A very comprehensive and balanced coverage of the cotroversial issue of water usage. On page 204 she actually praises Pauline !
• Ann Capling "Australia and the Global Trade System " (Cambridge University Press : Melbourne : $40 : Isbn 0 521 78054 3 ). Historical approach. Good coverage of policy aspects. Last chapter looks at the World Trade Organisation. A very useful book for anybody wishing to understand current debate on international trade.
• Michael Burleigh " The Third Reich-A new History " ( Pan : 2000: $30 : ISBN 0 330 48757 4 ). This 811 page book gives such a good coverage of the topic it won the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non- Fiction.
• W. David Mcintyre " A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth " ( Palgrave : 2001 : $55 : ISBN 0 333 963091).Written by a Christchurch history professor, it makes useful reading in light of the coming CHOGM in Coolum on the Sunshine Coast.
• Wanna, Kelly and Forster " Managing Public Expenditure in Australia" (Allen and Unwin : 2000 : $35 : ISBN 1 86448 713 5 ).A mainly historical coverage of this difficult area over the last 20 years. Lots of data to think about.

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