When drunken politicians were a fact of life
"We have a long history of problems with the grog. Before Australia became a nation in 1901, in colonial parliaments drunken behaviour by members was largely tolerated," writes ROSS FITZGERALD.
"We have a long history of problems with the grog. Before Australia became a nation in 1901, in colonial parliaments drunken behaviour by members was largely tolerated," writes ROSS FITZGERALD.
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