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The 'Obituary Issue - June 1983' - 'This esteemed publication is a casualty of victory [the election of the Hawke Government in March 1983]. Its style and content were always more suited to Opposition than to Government ...' Fifteen closely typed pieces with headings - 'Last Gasp Lies', 'Running Amok with the Cheque Book', 'The Seven Sterile Years' - rich in varieties of scurrilous metaphor, assertion and innuendo: Gonzo journalism from within the Australian Senate.

Publisher: The author
Place Published: Perth
Roneoed sheets with colour banner; 8pp. A little darkened around extremities, else fine.


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