TY - BOOK ID - 80834104 TI - Tales from Boom Town PY - 2014 SN - 9781742586403 1742586406 9781742585338 1742585337 PB - Crawley, Western Australia DB - UniCat KW - Prime ministers KW - Chancellors (Prime ministers) KW - Chief ministers (Prime ministers) KW - First ministers (Prime ministers) KW - Premiers (Prime ministers) KW - Cabinet officers KW - Heads of state KW - Australia KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80834104 AB - Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy spent more than 40 years observing 11 Premiers of Western Australia - across an extraordinary period of change in Western Australia's history, from 1970 to 2013. His insider's accounts have revealed first-hand the issues linked with the jailing of two Premiers and a deputy Premier, the ruthless removal of a Premier mid-term, the election of the nation's first female Premier, and the sensational 'WA Inc.' Royal Commission. With the insightful commentary he is known for, Kennedy notes how the changes in the 11 Premiers reflected the development of the s ER -