JOHN MENADUE. 'Things you learn along the way'.
September 16, 2019
Occasionally friends suggest to me that I should write my autobiography. Ruefully I explain that I wrote 'Things you learn along the way' twenty years ago. The book sold about 8,000 copies but as far as I know is no longer available. The book covers many aspects of my life: The early days as a footloose son of the Methodist manse; seven years in the 'wilderness' working for Gough Whitlam in Opposition; working for Rupert Murdoch in his better days; Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet to both Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, including the Dismissal; enjoyable family days...