Paul Davey

Unfolding like a political thriller, Joh for Canberra reveals for the first time the details of the campaign that rocked Australian politics. In 1987, the Queensland Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, launched an audacious bid to break the federal Opposition Coalition, replace Ian Sinclair as National Party leader, and become Prime Minister himself. Trench warfare waged between the Sinclair and Joh forces...