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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 31 sec.) ; 171688373 bytes |
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On the eve of the Federal Election, one of the men behind Kevin Rudd's downfall awaits a verdict that could rewrite his own political future."Paul Howes has a lot riding on the election outcome. A Gillard victory vindicates him. A Gillard defeat would see him blamed, ostracised, victimised. His immediate future is very much on the line." - Michael Kroger, Liberal powerbroker.From teenage Trotskyite to the youngest ever leader of Australia's oldest Union, Paul Howes is living a life accelerated.Divorced from his parents at age 14 and a father himself by 20, Howes was elected to lead the Australian Workers Union at just 26 years of age. Now, at 28 after a meteoric rise, Howes faces accusations he has blood on his hands, as one of the so-called 'faceless men who knifed a Prime Minister'.A member of the factional right, Howes is alleged to have been the fourth and final 'plotter' to bring on the spill which saw Julia Gillard overthrow Kevin Rudd.From his troubled childhood and teenage radicalism, to the front line of the Beaconsfield mining tragedy and forefront of the mining tax debate, Howes' history and experience belie his age."I heard the rumours around the place at the time... 'Too young,' 'The boy in diapers running the union,' all that type of rubbish... I wasn't perturbed by that. I mean, you don't become the AWU National Secretary to win a popularity contest." - Paul HowesThis edition presents a candid portrait of the Labor wunderkind deemed a major force in the next generation of Australian politics.Producer: Ben Cheshire Executive Producer: Deborah Fleming |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-08-23 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Gillard, Julia.
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Politicians -- Conduct of life.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Costa, Michael, contributor
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Howes, Anne, contributor
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Howes, Lucy, contributor
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Howes, Paul, contributor
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Kroger, Michael, contributor
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Morgan, Hugh, contributor
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Russell, Kaye, contributor
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Russell, Nobby, contributor
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Shorten, Bill, contributor
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Van Onselen, Peter, contributor
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Wakefield, Ian, contributor
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Williams, Laura, contributor
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