This paper analyses 65 years of data on elections to paid office in Australia's largest manufacturing union. Attention is mainly concentrated on the changing nature of both candidates and opposition within the AEU. The closeness of elections, the supply of candidates and differences between...

Until November 1966 clauses in the Public Service Act prevented married women from being permanent employees in the Commonwealth Public Service (or in State public services outside of NSW). Examination of National Archives records reveals that removal of the Marriage Bar was a much more...