MARC Record from Library of Congress

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020 $a9781742582788 (pbk)
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037 $b35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009
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050 00 $aKU41.F58$bM66 2011
082 04 $a345.94085$222
100 1 $aMoore, Andrew,$d1953-
245 10 $aMr Big of Bankstown :$bthe scandalous Fitzpatrick and Browne affair /$cAndrew Moore.
260 $aCrawley, W.A. :$bUWA Publishing,$c2011.
300 $ax, 251 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"When an article printed in a local newspaper in 1955 resulted in the gaoling of rough-hewn Bankstown businessman Ray Fitzpatrick and trouble-making journalist Frank Browne, one of the most extraordinary legal cases in Australia's history unfolded. Mr Big of Bankstown mixes bribery, corruption, violence and power-wrangling, to reveal the Underbelly of 1950s Australia. Fitzpatrick's penchant for rorting the system and Browne's reputation for fiery verbal attacks got the pair in trouble when they used Fitzpatrick's newspaper to teach MP Charles Morgan a lesson. In an unprecedented use of parliamentary privilege, Fitzpatrick and Browne were imprisoned solely on a vote of the House of Representatives -- without charge, trial or legal representation for making unsubstantiated and erroneous claims. Amongst the business rivalries and factional politics of post-war Bankstown, the Fitzpatrick and Browne affair pitted the right to free speech against parliamentary privilege."--Publisher's website.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-247) and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Introduction -- TIme and place -- Man of the people -- It's only a rort if you are not in it -- Best mates -- Enemies -- Coming unstuck -- The privilege of case erupts -- At the Bar of the House -- Doing time -- Disgraceful abuse or legitimate use of parliamentary privilege? -- Sequel -- Legacy.
600 10 $aFitzpatrick, Raymond,$d1909-1967$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10 $aBrowne, Frank C.,$d1915-1981$xTrials, litigation, etc.
650 0 $aTrials (Contempt of legislative bodies)$zAustralia$xHistory$y20th century.
610 10 $aAustralia.$bParliament$xPrivileges and immunities$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPrivileges and immunities$zAustralia$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aContempt of legislative bodies$zAustralia$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aFreedom of expression$zAustralia$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aAustralia$xPolitics and government$y1945-1965.
653 $aR v Richards: Ex parte Fitzpatrick & Browne, 92 CLR 157 (1954)
700 1 $aMorgan, Charles,$d1897-1967.