Prime movers and shapers of the service

By Norman Abjorensen
Updated November 18 2017 - 9:43am, first published November 6 2017 - 9:38am
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Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam enjoy  a beer by the pool of the Florida Hotel 4th February 1975.

Photo by Russell McPhedran / Fairfax

Image used; The Age - Reflections: 150 Years of History, p. 72
SELECTED FOR WEBSITE Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam enjoy a beer by the pool of the Florida Hotel 4th February 1975. Photo by Russell McPhedran / Fairfax Image used; The Age - Reflections: 150 Years of History, p. 72
Canberra Times winter photocomp (2016) - Sean Banks
Address: 6 Phelp Court, Amaroo, 2914
Phone: 0425 144 132
Photo Title: "Menzies at Minus 4"
Description: I was walking around our beautiful lake and it was bitterly cold (minus 4). It appeared that only Menzies and I were brave enough (many may say silly)  to venture out on such a morning. Menzies was as frosty as I was.
Date taken: 28 June 2016
Canberra Times winter photocomp (2016) - Sean Banks Address: 6 Phelp Court, Amaroo, 2914 Phone: 0425 144 132 Photo Title: "Menzies at Minus 4" Description: I was walking around our beautiful lake and it was bitterly cold (minus 4). It appeared that only Menzies and I were brave enough (many may say silly) to venture out on such a morning. Menzies was as frosty as I was. Date taken: 28 June 2016
Former Prime Minister John Howard and Prime Minister Tony Abbott during the opening of "Menzies: By John Howard" exhibition', at Old Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 3 September 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen 
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Former Prime Minister John Howard and Prime Minister Tony Abbott during the opening of "Menzies: By John Howard" exhibition', at Old Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 3 September 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen GW140920

Australia has had 29 prime ministers since Federation, all different in style and emphasis. These differences - some subtle, others less so - have, in varying degrees, affected the life of the nation. Nowhere is this so apparent as in its shaping of the public service.

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