The Far-Reaching Ripples of a Long-Ago Election

Forty years ago Queensland Liberal Terry White broke ranks with his ministerial colleagues, an act that proved the catalyst for an early state election. The result saw absolute control fall into the hands of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen's Nationals, the near-destruction of the Liberals, their former coalition partners and, ultimately, the Fitzgerald Royal Commission's revelations

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