Stuart McDonald letter to Sir Robert Sparkes, 27 November 1987 (Chapter 21, p. 247) Dear Bob, I wanted to write and thank you for your invitation and hospitality at the recent State Conference in Townsville. I found my stay there both enjoyable and useful. It was good to have the opportunity of meeting people from…
Sir Robert Sparkes presidential Report to the annual conference of the National Party of Australia – Queensland, Townsville, 6 November 1987 (Chapter 21, p. 243) I am sorry to have to begin my report on a very somber note, but we must face the harsh reality that the stocks of our Party have fallen from…
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen paper on the Joh for Canberra campaign, available at the Queensland National Party annual conference, Townsville, 6 November 1987 (Chapter 21, p. 242) There has been much said (and written) recently that is misleading and sometimes blatantly untrue. So this is setting the record straight, so that from now on events of…
Sir Robert Sparkes letter to Queensland National Party members, 28 September 1987 (Chapter 19, p. 219) Dear Fellow Party Member, I am concerned at the fairly widespread unhappiness amongst Party members regarding a number of matters, but especially the recent Federal election and the Stan Collard case. Whilst some of this unhappiness may be warranted,…
Stuart McDonald letter to Sir Robert Sparkes, 28 July 1987 (Chapter 16, p. 195) Dear Sir Robert, Thank you for your letter of 27 July 1987, supported by a similar one of today’s date from Sir Charles Holm. I will take this opportunity to respond to both of these letters in this reply. Both of…
Sir Charles Holm letter to Stuart McDonald, 28 July 1987 (Chapter 16, p. 191) Dear Mr McDonald, I am sorry and disappointed in the decision to go ahead with today’s Management Committee meeting. Both Sir Robert and I have a heavily committed programme and we are unable to attend. However, as previously advised we would…
Sir Robert Sparkes letter to Stuart McDonald, 27 July 1987 (Chapter 16, p. 190) Dear Mr MacDonald (sic) I have received notification of a meeting of the Federal Management Committee of the Party to be held tomorrow and I note the agenda includes discussion of Federal Election results. Regrettably neither the Senior Vice President nor…
Stan Collard Newsletter to Queensland National Party branches, 21 July 1987 (Chapter 11, p. 153) Unfortunately, because of circumstances mainly outside my control, this will be the last newsletter for some time – perhaps forever? – and because of this I feel I should devote it to setting the record straight and giving my side…
Ray Braithwaite letter to Sir Robert Sparkes, 17 July 1987 (Chapter 14, p. 183) Dear Sir Robert, I feel it is my duty to the National Party to express to you my concern, or perhaps my disgust, at what has happened within the Party, particularly over the last six months. The recent Federal campaign and…
Explanatory comments by the State President of the Queensland National Party, Sir Robert Sparkes, Brisbane, 3 June 1987 (Chapter 10, p. 138) “After a long discussion yesterday afternoon the Premier agreed that the best interests of the Party and the anti-socialist cause would be served by the Joh for Canberra Campaign not proceeding further. The…