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    Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005) was a conservative Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived...
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  • The Joh for Canberra campaign, initially known as the Joh for PM campaign, was an attempt by Queensland National Party premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen to...
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    the longest-serving Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. She was styled as Lady Bjelke-Petersen upon her husband's knighthood, and was also known...
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  • Country Party (later National Party), a rural-based party led by Joh Bjelke-Petersen, was able to govern uninhibited during this period due to the 'Bjelkemander'...
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  • Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Neville Wran, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard...
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    to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern became his successor amid the controversy caused by the Fitzgerald...
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  • political work clashed particularly with conservative Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Born in Austria in 1909 to Jewish parents, Eva Goldner was aware...
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  • Ian Sinclair. A "Joh for PM", later "Joh for Canberra", campaign began in 1987, but it ultimately fizzled out with Bjelke-Petersen not standing in the...
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  • and corruption. During the Inquiry, Terry O'Gorman cross-examined Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who had attempted to shut down the inquiry unsuccessfully. The Queensland...
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  • The inquiry resulted in the resignation of Queensland's premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the calling of two by-elections, and the jailing of three former...
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    creates Lake Barambah. It is named after the Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It is operated by Sunwater. The dam wall is 620 m (2,030 ft) long...
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  • philanthropist Joh Bailey, Australian hair stylist Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005), Australian politician Joh Mizuki (1938–1991), Japanese actor Joh Sasaki (born...
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  • from 1950 to 1987. He was Georg Peter Bjelke-Petersen's grandson. Florence Bjelke-Petersen, Joh Bjelke-Petersen's wife, represented Queensland in the Australian...
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  • Lady Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician Jens Tillufssøn Bjelke, Danish-Norwegian nobleman and a feudal lord of Jemtland, Norway Joh Bjelke-Petersen KCMG...
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  • coalition agreement between the Liberal Party and the National Party of Joh Bjelke-Petersen. In the ensuing election, the Liberals were badly defeated, and White...
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    Joh Bjelke-Petersen, became the Premier of Queensland. Marie Bjelke Petersen was the only daughter and second child of Georg Peter Bjelke-Petersen, a...
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    the seat of Flinders. He was elevated to cabinet in 1983, under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and was a government minister until the National Party's defeat...
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    punctuated by infrastructure problems. The state government under Joh Bjelke-Petersen began a major programme of change and urban renewal, beginning with...
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    a sixth consecutive term of office for the National Party under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the tenth election win for the National Party in Queensland...
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    resulted in a seventh consecutive term for the National Party under Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the 11th consecutive term for the National Party in Queensland...
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    could be completed, it was blocked by the Government of Queensland. Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the Premier of Queensland at the time, did not approve of the sale...
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    Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Campbell succeeded Sir James Ramsay as Governor of Queensland on 22 July 1985. There has been some conjecture that the Bjelke-Petersen...
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  • (18 July 1935 – 11 March 1995) was a Minister of Transport in the Bjelke-Petersen state of Queensland's coalition government. A former policeman in the...
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  • registered political party in 1989, under the leadership of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the Premier of Queensland from 1968 to 1988. It remained active...
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    property of Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and had done private civil engineering works for Bjelke-Petersen that were written off as "Queensland...
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    The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who led the Country Party and its...
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    coalition, in the form of Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Premier since 1968, Bjelke-Petersen was a hardline conservative who aggressively opposed...
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    in particular over the appointment by the Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, of Terry Lewis as Assistant Commissioner. Ray Whitrod was born in...
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    James Tully), and "Bjelkemander" (referencing Australian politician Joh Bjelke-Petersen). Gerrymandering's primary goals are to maximize the effect of supporters'...
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    fourth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the eighth victory of the National Party in Queensland since...
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