What can one say about this bloke? As Adam [Geha] has noted he has been here a long time. One of the early starters. Not on a daily basis. I mean he has had an office in the west, then Melbourne, then here a bit, and back to Perth.
He finally got a real biography. His autobiography, Carpenter to Cabinet, was a tired, plodding yawn. Senator Sir George Foster Pearce (1870-1952), carpenter, union leader, founder of the Labor Party in Western Australia, ‘Labor rat’ during the conscription split of 1917, conservative Minister and statesman, defence advocate, Minister and lobbyist for defence interests – deserved to be seriously noticed. He did play an important part in the defence preparations and strategy of a new nation.
NSW Labor, once the cream of Australian Labor, is now contaminated curds and whey. Not in 100 years did party members turn up, as they did at the March 2011 NSW election, expecting and believing a trouncing was deserved. Not since 1932 has Labor been entirely wiped out in the bush – a mere rump in Parliament.