For The True Believers

Keith Mason has been a solicitor, barrister, law reformer, solicitor-general, president of a court of appeal, law teacher and mediator. He has published on topics including judicial method, legal taxonomy, the law of restitution, and the interface of law, morality and religion. Currently he is a visiting professorial fellow at the University of New South Wales and the chancellor of the Anglican diocese of Armidale. This work, Lawyers Then and Now, combines the interests of an amateur legal historian with insights drawn from a fortunate life in the law.

Foreword aEURO" Graham Freudenberg Acknowledgements Preface aEURO" Troy Bramston Introduction aEURO" Troy Bramston Reconciling Australia Gough Whitlam, aEURO~I put into your hands this piece of the earth itselfaEURO (TM), 16 August 1975 Gough Whitlam pours the earth into Vincent LingiariaEURO (TM)s hands at Wattie Creek Paul Keating, aEURO~It begins, I think, with that act of recognitionaEURO (TM), 10 December 1992 Paul KeatingaEURO (TM)s landmark speech calling for reconciliation at Redfern Park Bob Carr, aEURO~The right to belongaEURO (TM), 14 November 1996 Bob Carr delivers the first government apology to the stolen generations Kim Beazley, aEURO~To render justice and restitutionaEURO (TM), 28 May 1997 Kim BeazleyaEURO (TM)s response to the Bringing Them Home report Kevin Rudd, aEURO~We say sorryaEURO (TM), 13 February 2008 Kevin RuddaEURO (TM)s historic apology to AustraliaaEURO (TM)s indigenous peoples Reform, Progress and the Future John (Chris) Watson, aEURO~For the benefit of the whole of the people of AustraliaaEURO (TM), 18 May 1904 LaboraEURO (TM)s first leader, Chris Watson, outlines the policies of the first national Labor Government Dorothy Tangney, aEURO~A model for all other democracies to followaEURO (TM), 24 September 1943 LaboraEURO (TM)s first female parliamentarian delivers her first speech in the midst of war Arthur Calwell, aEURO~We cannot afford to failaEURO (TM), 2 August 1945 The post-war immigration program, that forever changed the nation, is announced H. V. aEURO~DocaEURO (TM) Evatt, aEURO~No man should be convicted, or deprived of civil rightsaEURO (TM), 10 July 1951 In the shining moment of his career, Doc Evatt makes the case against banning the Communist Party of Australia Joe Cahill, aEURO~A great cultural centreaEURO (TM), 15 June 1957 The indefatigable old-school Labor Premier Joe Cahill delivers the speech that ensures Sydney gets its Opera House Gough Whitlam, aEURO~The way of the reformer is hard in AustraliaaEURO (TM), 19 July 1957 An ascendant Gough Whitlam outlines the challenges for modern progressives Don Dunstan, aEURO~The strength which comes from diversityaEURO (TM), 16 December 1968 Don Dunstan urges a non-discriminatory immigration policy and the end of White Australia Gough Whitlam, aEURO~To redress past injustice and build a more just and tolerant futureaEURO (TM), 31 October 1975 Gough Whitlam gives voice to tolerance and justice at the proclamation of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Bill Hayden, aEURO~We cannot achieve social reform unless we competently manage the economyaEURO (TM), 18 July 1979 Bill Hayden repositions the Labor Party in the post-Whitlam years and provides the foundations for government Bob Hawke, aEURO~AustraliaaEURO (TM)s gravest economic crisis in fifty yearsaEURO (TM), 11 April 1983 Bob Hawke addresses the National Economic Summit Conference on AustraliaaEURO (TM)s economic challenges Susan Ryan, aEURO~The principle of the equality of men and womenaEURO (TM), 2 June 1983 Susan Ryan introduces the historic Sex Discrimination Bill Bob Hawke, aEURO~A triumph of compassion over prejudiceaEURO (TM), 25 August 1988 Bob Hawke defends AustraliaaEURO (TM)s immigration policy against attacks by the Liberal and National parties Paul Keating, aEURO~Our Head of State should be one of usaEURO (TM), 7 June 1995 Paul Keating announces to the parliament his governmentaEURO (TM)s vision for an Australian republic Paul Keating, aEURO~When the government changes, the country changesaEURO (TM), 29 February 1996 Paul Keating, on the eve of the 1996 election, warns the Australian people about the dangers of a Howard Government Kim Beazley, aEURO~Demonising the reputation of those who work on our waterfrontaEURO (TM), 8 April 1998 Bob Carr, aEURO~A day that will live in industrial infamyaEURO (TM), 8 April 1998 Kim Beazley and Bob Carr defend the rights of unionised workers on the waterfront Mark Latham, aEURO~The ladder of opportunityaEURO (TM), 29 January 2004 Reflecting strong Labor values and promoting an ambitious policy agenda, Mark Latham makes his case Kevin Rudd, aEURO~The single greatest threat to our economic security in a generationaEURO (TM), 15 October 2008 Kevin Rudd outlines the governmentaEURO (TM)s response to the emerging Global Financial Crisis The Campaign Trail Andrew Fisher, aEURO~To try and awaken the patriotism of AustraliansaEURO (TM), 30 March 1909 Andrew Fisher delivers his famous Gympie speech aEURO" the first modern election campaign policy speech James Scullin, aEURO~Parliament has vindicated itself as the guardian of the peopleaEURO (TM)s rightsaEURO (TM), 10-12 September 1929 Jim Scullin lashes the Bruce Government as it falls, ahead of Labor winning the subsequent election John Curtin, aEURO~Victory in war, victory for the peaceaEURO (TM), 26 July 1943 John Curtin, battling the storm of war, makes the case for sticking with Labor Ben Chifley, aEURO~To win the peace for the greater happiness and prosperity of allaEURO (TM), 2 September 1946 Ben Chifley outlines his vision for post-war reconstruction Gough Whitlam, aEURO~ItaEURO (TM)s timeaEURO (TM), 13 November 1972 Gough Whitlam gives his famous aEURO~ItaEURO (TM)s TimeaEURO (TM) election policy speech Bob Hawke, aEURO~National reconciliation, national recovery, national reconstructionaEURO (TM), 16 February 1983 Bob Hawke presents his policies and plans to the nation to defeat Fraserism Paul Keating, aEURO~The most important election in memoryaEURO (TM), 24 February 1993 Paul Keating makes his pitch for a fifth term for Labor Kevin Rudd, aEURO~A choice between the future and the pastaEURO (TM), 14 November 2007 Kevin Rudd delivers LaboraEURO (TM)s winning election campaign policy speech History, Tradition and Ideology George Black, aEURO~To make and unmake social conditionsaEURO (TM), 16 July 1891 One of LaboraEURO (TM)s first parliamentarians, George Black, explains LaboraEURO (TM)s role in its formative years James McGowen, aEURO~We are the representatives of the masses of the workersaEURO (TM), 10 December 1891 NSW LaboraEURO (TM)s first premier gives a thoughtful speech on the purpose of the Labor Party Andrew Fisher, aEURO~We are all socialists nowaEURO (TM), 7 July 1908 A triumphant Andrew Fisher ridicules his critics and urges continued progressive reform John (Chris) Watson, aEURO~A light upon a mountainaEURO (TM), 25 September 1904 Excavated from the archives, LaboraEURO (TM)s first leader declares LaboraEURO (TM)s vision aEURO" half a century before Ben Chifley William Holman, aEURO~The State as the great instrument for goodaEURO (TM), 2-3 April 1906 In the famous debate against George Reid, one of LaboraEURO (TM)s finest orators, William Holman, defines LaboraEURO (TM)s philosophy Ben Chifley, aEURO~The light on the hillaEURO (TM), 12 June 1949 Ben Chifley gives the most famous of all Labor speeches Ben Chifley, aEURO~The things we fight foraEURO (TM), 10 June 1951 In his final speech, Ben Chifley, invokes the Labor cause as the cause of his life John Cain, aEURO~To thrust a dagger into a Labor GovernmentaEURO (TM), 19 April 1955 Joe Cahill, aEURO~It is time to unite, not to fightaEURO (TM), 14 August 1955 A tale of two governments during the 1950s Labor split: John Cain, beset by treachery and betrayal, sees his government fall, while Joe Cahill urges the party to remain united, avoids a split and saves his government Gough Whitlam, aEURO~The impotent are pureaEURO (TM), 9 June 1967 Gough Whitlam delivers his broadside against the Victorian ALP and demands they modernise and reform themselves Gough Whitlam, aEURO~Human improvement and human progressaEURO (TM), 14 August 1975 Gough Whitlam, only three months before the dismissal, reflects on the struggle of leading a reformist government Bob Hawke, aEURO~The engine room of national renewal, the generators of change, the pioneers of reformaEURO (TM), 26 June 1991 Bob Hawke presents his political testament and his belief in keeping faith with LaboraEURO (TM)s cause Paul Keating, aEURO~Cracker nightaEURO (TM), 16 May 1994 Paul Keating, aEURO~Down the time tunnel to the futureaEURO (TM), 27 February 1992 Paul Keating, in the arena, the statesmen as political brawler, skewering his political opponents Paul Keating, aEURO~We are the reform party in this countryaEURO (TM), 21 March 1992 Paul Keating presents the case for Labor amid the clash of political ideologies over the past century War and Conflict William Holman, aEURO~The most iniquitous, most immoral war ever wagedaEURO (TM), 18 October 1899 William Holman opposes, most stridently, the Boer War Andrew Fisher, aEURO~To our last man and our last shillingaEURO (TM), 31 July 1914 Andrew Fisher, as the storm clouds of war gather, declares his support for King and country T.J Ryan, aEURO~I am opposed to conscriptionaEURO (TM), 22 November 1917 T.J. Ryan fights Billy HughesaEURO (TM) plans for conscription in the First World War John Curtin, aEURO~The tribute which a grateful country pays to those who have served itaEURO (TM), 11 November 1941 John Curtin opens the Australian War Memorial and pays tribute to the fallen John Curtin, aEURO~We are at war with JapanaEURO (TM), 8 December 1941 John Curtin announces the beginning of the war in the Pacific John Curtin, aEURO~Men and women of The United StatesaEURO (TM), 14 March 1942 John Curtin looks to the United States in this historic broadcast abroad John Curtin, aEURO~A great naval battle is proceedingaEURO (TM), 8 May 1942 John Curtin announces to a hushed Parliament that the nation may be facing the threat of invasion John Curtin, aEURO~The compass of the labour movementaEURO (TM), 6 June 1943 In this spellbinding performance, John Curtin invokes the LaboraEURO (TM)s values to win support for the war effort John Curtin, aEURO~The cause of freedom will be victoriousaEURO (TM), 10 May 1944 John Curtin, aEURO~Those 22 yards of turfaEURO (TM), 10 May 1944 John Curtin speaks movingly of the importance of freedom and democracy to a London audience Ben Chifley, aEURO~The war is overaEURO (TM), 15 August 1945 Ben Chifley announces to the nation that the Second World War has ended Arthur Calwell, aEURO~On the side of sanity and in the cause of humanityaEURO (TM), 4 May 1965 Arthur Calwell delivers his finest speech, opposing the Vietnam War, and promises Labor will be vindicated Bob Hawke, aEURO~These hills rang with their voices and ran with their bloodaEURO (TM), 25 April 1990 Bob Hawke, aEURO~We do not come here to glorify waraEURO (TM), 25 April 1990 Bob Hawke recalls the Anzac legend, born at Gallipoli, on the 75th anniversary of the battle Paul Keating, aEURO~These battles were fought, not for the glory of war, but for humanityaEURO (TM), 25 April 1992 Paul Keating enlarges the Anzac legend at Kokoda, a place of hallowed ground for Australians Paul Keating, aEURO~He is one of usaEURO (TM), 11 November 1993 Paul Keating delivers his moving eulogy for the unknown Australian solider Simon Crean, aEURO~I donaEURO (TM)t believe that you should be goingaEURO (TM), 23 January 2003 On the deck of a battleship, Simon Crean tells the troops why he opposes the Iraq War Australia and the World H. V. aEURO~DocaEURO (TM) Evatt, aEURO~Real peace is not merely the absence of waraEURO (TM), 30 August 1945 Doc Evatt reports to Parliament on the creation of the United Nations Ben Chifley, aEURO~For the preservation of peaceaEURO (TM), 13 and 20 March 1947 Ben Chifley wins the case for Australia to join the international economy Gough Whitlam, aEURO~We give primacy to the United NationsaEURO (TM), 30 September 1974 Gough Whitlam outlines a bold new vision for Australia in the world Bob Hawke, aEURO~The spirit of men and women yearning to be freeaEURO (TM), 16 October 1985 Bob Hawke tells Commonwealth leaders that they cannot ignore the plea for freedom in apartheid South Africa Bob Hawke, aEURO~Our economic futures are interlinkedaEURO (TM), 31 January 1989 Bob Hawke proposes the creation of APEC to an audience in Seoul, Korea Paul Keating, aEURO~Sure of who we are and what we stand foraEURO (TM), 7 April 1992 Paul Keating outlines his vision for Australian engagement in the Asia-Pacific Paul Keating, aEURO~Those lessons we learn from IrelandaEURO (TM), 20 September 1993 Paul Keating, the grandson of Irish immigrants, addresses the Irish Parliament Simon Crean, aEURO~Australia still looks to AmericaaEURO (TM), 23 October 2003 Simon Crean recalls the US-Australian alliance and tells George W. Bush Labor opposes the Iraq War Victory, Defeat, Love and Loss Billy Hughes, aEURO~It is not fair aEURO" to JudasaEURO (TM), 27-28 May 1909 Billy Hughes indicts and condemns Alfred Deakin for his Machiavellian treachery John Curtin, aEURO~One of the most eminent of the band of prominent Labor menaEURO (TM), 18 November 1941 John Curtin recalls the life and legacy of LaboraEURO (TM)s first leader, Chris Watson Frank Forde, aEURO~The captain has been stricken in sight of the shoreaEURO (TM), 5 July 1945 Frank Forde pays tribute to AustraliaaEURO (TM)s greatest prime minister, John Curtin Nicholas McKenna, aEURO~To know Ben Chifley was to love himaEURO (TM), 19 June 1951 Nick McKenna eulogises LaboraEURO (TM)s most loved leader, Ben Chifley Gough Whitlam, aEURO~Nothing will save the Governor-GeneralaEURO (TM), 11 November 1975 Gough Whitlam addresses the crowd from the steps of Parliament House Paul Keating, aEURO~For the True BelieversaEURO (TM), 13 March 1993 Paul Keating claims victory for the true believers Kim Beazley, aEURO~There are dark angels in our nation but there are also good angelsaEURO (TM), 10 November 2001 Kim Beazley lifts LaboraEURO (TM)s spirits after losing the 2001 aEURO~TampaaEURO (TM) election Julia Gillard, aEURO~A day of courage, tragedy and sheer luckaEURO (TM), 9 February 2009 Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard expresses sympathy for lives lost in the Victorian bushfires