This is a list of Australian political memoirs:
Labor Father of the House: The Memoirs of Kim E. Beazley by Kim Edward Beazley A Cabinet Diary: A Personal Record of the First Keating Government by Neal Blewett (1999) Through the Wall: Reflections on Leadership, Love and Survival by Anna Bligh (2015) As It Happened by John Button (1998) Be Just and Fear Not by Arthur Calwell (1972) The Cameron Diaries by Clyde Cameron (1990) Thoughtlines: Reflections of a Public Man by Bob Carr (2002) Diary of a Foreign Minister by Bob Carr (2014) I Do Recall: Reflections on a Social and Political Journey by Jeff Carr (2008) My Life and Times by Joe Chamberlain (1998) Roosters and Featherdusters by Brian Chatterton (2013) The Fights of My Life by Greg Combet (2011) Cold Tea for Brandy: A Tale of Protest, Painting and Politics by Joan Coxsedge (2007) Public Life, Private Grief: A Memoir of Political Life and Loss by Mary Delahunty (2010) Felicia: The Political Memoirs of Don Dunstan by Don Dunstan (1981) I Had 50,000 Bosses: Memoirs of a Labor Backbencher 1946-1975 by Gil Duthie (1984) Inside the Hawke-Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary by Gareth Evans (2014) Big Blue Sky: A Memoir by Peter Garrett (2015) Sticks and Stones by Arthur Gietzelt (2014) My Story by Julia Gillard (2014) Hayden, An Autobiography by Bill Hayden (1996) Politics, Death and Addiction by Carolyn Hirsh (2013) The Hawke Memoirs by Bob Hawke (1994) A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones (2006) Speaking For Myself Again: Four Years With Labor and Beyond by Cheryl Kernot (2002) Matters for Judgment: An Autobiography by John Kerr (1978) The Latham Diaries by Mark Latham (2005) Machine Rules: A Political Primer by Stephen Loosley (2015) The Memoirs of Norman John Oswald Makin by Norman Makin (1982) Stirring the Possum: A Political Autobiography by Jim McClelland (1989) Tales From The Political Trenches by Maxine McKew (2012) Carpenter to Cabinet: Thirty-Seven years of Parliament by George Pearce (1951) My Reminiscences by George Reid (1917) Living Politics by Margaret Reynolds (2007) Whatever It Takes by Graham Richardson (1994) Catching the Waves: Life In and Out of Politics by Susan Ryan (1999) 'The Good Fight: Six Years, Two Prime Ministers and Staring Down the Great Recession by Wayne Swan (2014) Straight Left by Tom Uren (1995) Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister by Peter Walsh (1995) Chops for Breakfast: A Lucky Generation in an Age of Accelerating Change by Bob Whan (2014)
Liberal Image Name Notes Title Year Publisher Sallyanne Atkinson Lord Mayor of Brisbane 1985-91 No Job for a Woman 2020 University of Queensland Press Neil Brown Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1985-87 On the Other Hand: Sketches and Reflections From Political Life 1993 Dame Nancy Buttfield Senator for South Australia 1968-74 Dame Nancy: The Autobiography of Dame Nancy Buttfield 1992 Kerry Chikarovski Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales 1998-2002 Chika 2004 Don Chipp Senator for Victoria 1978-86 Chipp 1987 Peter Costello Treasurer of Australia 1996-2007 The Costello Memoirs 2009 Melbourne University Publishing Sir John Cramer Minister for the Army 1956-63 Pioneers, Politics and People: A Political Memoir 1989 Allen & Unwin Gordon Dean MP for Herbert 1977-83 A Simple Country Lad: A Kind of Autobiography 2007 Jo Gullett MP for Henty 1946-55 Good Company, Henry "Jo" Gullett: Horseman, Soldier, Politician 1992 John Howard Prime Minister 1996-2007 Lazarus Rising 2011 Harper Collins Sir Jim Killen MP for Moreton 1955-83 Killen: Inside Australian Politics1985 Dame Enid Lyons MP for Darwin 1943-51 My Life: The Illustrated Autobiography of Dame Enid Lyons1949Sir Robert Menzies Prime Minister 1939-41 and 1949-66 Afternoon Light: Some Memories of Men and Events 1968 Cassell Australia The Measure of the Years 1970 Andrew Robb Minister for Trade and Investment 2013-16 Black Dog Daze: Public Life, Private Demons2011
Other Parties
The Andren Report: An Independent Way in Australian Politics by Peter Andren (2003) Cleary, Independent by Phil Cleary (1998) Backbench: Behind the Headlines by Peter Fisher (2011) Untamed and Unashamed: Time to Explain by Pauline Hanson (2007) The Tumult and the Shouting by Frank McManus (1977) The Peter Nixon Story: An Active Journey by Peter Nixon (2012) The Independent Member for Lyne by Rob Oakeshott (2014) Against the Tide by B. A. Santamaria (1981) Having a Go: The Memoirs of Sid Spindler by Sid Spindler (2008) Windsor's Way by Tony Windsor (2015) Don't You Worry about That! By Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen (1990) Memo for a Saner World by Bob Brown (2004) Conversations with Katter: On Politics,life and Things That Matter by Bob Katter (2018)