Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen reigned over Queensland for 19 tumultuous years (1968–1987). Hugely popular, he presided over enormous growth, but corruption raged under his tenure, as did electoral ...

Movie"A captivating and cautionary portrait of one of Australia’s most controversial politicians, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, whose career can be seen as a playbook for the Trump era." ...

Reading about Queensland under former Queensland National Party Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen is a chilling reminder of how fragile our right to protest really is. During that era, street marches were ...

What to do with the Bjelke-Petersen legacy in 2017? Make a musical with one of Australia’s best-loved comedians, of course. For a lot of Queenslanders, Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s reign as premier created ...