Cabinet papers 1988-89: conservation versus resources stoush

By Damien Murphy
Updated January 2 2015 - 11:08am, first published January 1 2015 - 12:52am
Man of the moment: Joh Bjelke-Petersen soaking up the adulation in Albury in 1987.
Man of the moment: Joh Bjelke-Petersen soaking up the adulation in Albury in 1987.
Creative input: Prime minister Bob Hawke getting some advice from Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett on the opening of the Australian Conservation Foundation's new office in 1989. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
Creative input: Prime minister Bob Hawke getting some advice from Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett on the opening of the Australian Conservation Foundation's new office in 1989. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
Winning formula: Bob Hawke and Graham Richardson walk among dead box trees at Disher Creek in Renmark South Australia. Photo: David Bartho
Winning formula: Bob Hawke and Graham Richardson walk among dead box trees at Disher Creek in Renmark South Australia. Photo: David Bartho
Grass greener: Graham Richardson to the environmental rescue. Photo: Peter Nicholson
Grass greener: Graham Richardson to the environmental rescue. Photo: Peter Nicholson
Senator Peter Cook: clashed with Graham Richardson in cabinet.
Senator Peter Cook: clashed with Graham Richardson in cabinet.

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