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I don't know whether any of you saw that very illuminating ABC series call Labor in Power. Well it was the best of political documentaries because they all were interviewed on the assumption that they thought they were going to lose. It was before the 1993 election and they were very frank and very candid.
- ↑ O'Reilly, Cameron (19 December 2011). "Hawke and Keating: a masterclass in political killing". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 25 February 2024.
Most of the key figures of the Hawke-Keating years participated in the show on the basis it would be released after that year's election, which they expected to lose.
- ↑ Strangio, Paul (14 February 2024). "'A blood sport feigning as government': what the ABC's Nemesis taught us about a decade of Coalition rule". The Conversation. The Conversation Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
ABC-produced post-mortem documentaries on national governments have a distinguished pedigree.
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