Keating!
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Keating! is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 and 1996; the musical follows him from
Poster for the Company B production
The light on the hill
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"The light on the hill" is a phrase used to describe the objective of the Australian Labor Party. The phrase, which was used in a 1949 conference speech at the Sydney Trades Hall by then Prime Ministe
Keating!
…at what he sees as the backward-looking message of his opponent in a country-influenced ballad referring to former Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley's description of Labor's overarching goals ("The Light on the Hill"). In the final number, "Historical Revisionism", the election tightens dramatically and the results…
Ben Chifley in 1949
Official Portrait of Ben Chifley by Archibald Colquhoun