Since 2007, researchers at the Australian Prime Ministers Centre (APMC) have demonstrated ingenuity in the ways they have approached the lives and careers of prime ministers and the forms in which they have delivered their findings. In addition to books, scholarly articles and presentations, research supported by the APMC has been used to create novels, documentaries, exhibitions, music and plays.

Researchers at the APMC


Chen Changwei	International studies	Shifting interests: Whitlam, Britain and French Nuclear Tests in the South Pacific	APMC Fellow	Gough Whitlam	2012-13
Tamura Keiko	Historian	Harold Holt and his engagement with Asia	APMC Fellow	Harold Holt	2011-12
Boxall Anne-marie	Scientist and health policy analyst	Maintaining Medibank: The Fraser Government's health policy dilemma	APMC Fellow	Malcolm Fraser	2011-12
Hirst John	Historian	Was Curtin the best Prime Minister ?	APMC Fellow	John Curtin	2009-10
Edwards Lindy	Political scientist	The ideologies of William Hughes, Alfred Deakin and George Reid	APMC Fellow	Billy Hughes, Alfred Deakin, George Reid	2009-10
Davey Paul	Author	The Australian Country Party's three prime ministers: Earle Page, Arthur Fadden and John McEwen	APMC Fellow	Earle Page, Arthur Fadden, John McEwen	2010-11
Dickenson Jacqueline	Political scientist	Prime ministers and government accountability	APMC Fellow	Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser	2009-10
Casey Stephen	Historian	A missed opportunity: the Curtin-Roosevelt meetings and Australian-American relations	APMC Fellow	John Curtin	2007-08
Warren Kaaron	Writer	Australian artists and prime ministers: Robert Menzies and William Ashton	APMC Fellow	Robert Menzies	2014-15
Rutland Suzanne	Historian	Prime Ministers Fraser and Hawke and Australia's role in the human rights campaign for Soviet Jewry	APMC Fellow	Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke	2008-09
t'Hart Paul	Political scientist	Understanding the Australian prime minister	APMC Fellow	Billy Hughes, James Scullin, John Curtin, Bob Hawke	2007-08
Wurth Bob	Writer and journalist	Menzies, Fadden, Curtin and the Japanese envoy	APMC Fellow	John Curtin, Arthur Fadden, Robert Menzies	2010-11
Moorhouse Frank	Writer	Cold Light: Edith Trilogy Vol 3 (post-war prime ministers)	APMC Fellow	Robert Menzies, Gough Whitlam	2007-08
Welch Mitchell	Writer	Relationships between prime ministers and opposition leaders	APMC Summer Scholar	Ben Chifley, Robert Menzies, Arthur Fadden	2013-14
Valentine Alana	Playwright	The King's Man: the conflict between Prime Minister James Scullin and King George V	APMC Fellow	James Scullin	2013-14
Malloy Sam	Heritage and interpretation	Prime ministerial homes and public memory	APMC Fellow	Ben Chifley, Joseph Lyons, John Curtin	2010-11
Lee David	Historian	Stanley Melbourne Bruce: Australian Internationalist	APMC Fellow	Stanley Bruce	2007-08
Hutchinson Margaret	Historian	Politics and painting: Prime Minister Bruce and First World War official war art	APMC Summer Scholar	Stanley Bruce	2010-11
Fedorowich Kent	Historian	Wartime diaries of a truant surgeon	APMC Fellow	Earle Page	2012-13
Weigold Auriol	Historian	Australia-India relations in insecure times: Malcolm Fraser's engagement	APMC Fellow	Malcolm Fraser	2011-12
Richardson Nick	Journalist and editor	The 1931 Federal Election - Radio makes history	APMC Fellow	Joseph Lyons	2008-09
Bird David	Archivist and historian	The political thinking and practice of Joseph Lyons	APMC Fellow	Joseph Lyons	2008-09
Cole Anna	Historian, documentary maker	Dancing with the Prime Minister	APMC Fellow	John Gorton	2009-10
Warhurst John	Political scientist	The faith of our prime ministers	APMC Fellow	Kevin Rudd, John Howard	2009-10
Bridge Carl	Historian	William Hughes: Australia	APMC Fellow	Billy Hughes	2008-09
Patapan Haig	Political scientist	Role of leaders during transitions to democracy: the leadership of Edmund Barton	APMC Fellow	Edmund Barton	2013-14
Caunce Thomas	Political scientist	Kevin Rudd PM: Making sense of an 'economic conservative' and Keynesian social democrat	APMC Summer Scholar	Kevin Rudd	2010-11
Hazlehurst Cameron	Historian	The ascent of Robert Menzies	APMC Fellow	Robert Menzies	2011-12
Bolger Dawn	Political scientist	The Menzies Government and Hungarian refugees	APMC Summer Scholar	Robert Menzies	2010-11
Romeril John	Playwright, dramaturg and screenwriter	Script for Prime Time (from Barton to Gillard, with Shortis and Simpson)	APMC Fellow	Edmund Barton, Julia Gillard	2012-13
Berry Nicole	Historian	Development of Australia's Restricted Immigration Policy 1949-72	APMC Summer Scholar	Ben Chifley, Robert Menzies, Harold Holt, John Gorton	2009-2010
Barrett Meyering Isabelle	Historian	Election policy speeches by prime ministerial contenders	APMC Summer Scholar	7 Prime Ministers Edmund Barton, James Scullin, Stanley Bruce, Joseph Lyons, Joseph Cook, George Reid, Alfred Deakin	2008-09
Shortis John	Writer, musician, performer	Highs and lows of Australian prime ministers	APMC Fellow	8 Prime Ministers Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid, Andrew Fisher, Joseph Cook, Stanley Bruce, James Scullin	2007-08
Piggott Michael	Archivist	Prime ministers at the Australian National University: an archival guide	APMC Fellow	Robert Menzies, Ben Chifley	2008-09
Kelly Andrew	Historian	Robert Menzies and the trilateral relationship between Australia, America and New Zealand, 1951-56	APMC Summer Scholar	Robert Menzies	2014-15
Daws Khylie	Historian	Robert Menzies and Australian cultural diplomacy		Robert Menzies	2014-15
Hearn Mark	Historian	Alfred Deakin's notion of participatory citizenship	APMC Fellow	Alfred Deakin	2014-15
Cahir Fred	Historian	Alfred Deakin, John Curtin and Australian Indigenous Communities	APMC Fellow	John Curtin, Alfred Deakin	2014-15
Flanagan Jason	Political scientist	Prime Minister John Howard's use of the past in prime ministerial rhetoric	APMC Fellow	John Howard	2013-14
Lake Marilyn	Historian	Alfred Deakin's Identification with Republican Manhood	APMC Fellow	Alfred Deakin	2007-08
Carr Andrew	Philosopher	Deakin and the evolution of the two party state, 1901-1910	APMC Summer Scholar	Alfred Deakin	2007-08
Smith Evan	Historian	The 'Decade of Dissent' in Australian Parliamentary Discourses	APMC Fellow	Gough Whitlam, Robert Menzies, Harold Holt	2009-10
Roberts Priscilla	Historian	Prime ministers, the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Making of Twentieth Century Australian Foreign Policy	APMC Fellow	6 Prime Ministers Stanley Bruce, Robert Menzies, Gough Whitlam, Harold Holt, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser	2011-12
Byrne Moira	Political scientist and policy analyst	Catholic values ? Economic and education policies of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons	APMC Fellow	Joseph Lyons	2012-13
Coatney Caryn	Journalism researcher	John Curtin and prime ministerial journalism strategies	APMC Fellow	John Curtin	2010-11
Abjorensen Norman	Journalist and political scientist	The Strange Political Death of Alfred Deakin	APMC Fellow	Alfred Deakin	2009-10
de Vogel Miesje	Historian	Promoting savings and investment in wartime Australia	APMC Summer Scholar	Ben Chifley	2012-13
Hedberg Sarah	Arts/Law	Foreign policy and national interest – Prime Minister Howard and East Timor independence	Australian National Internships Program	John Howard	2013-14
Simons Margaret	Journalist and author	Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs	APMC Fellow	Malcolm Fraser	2007-08
Persian Jayne	Historian	Calwell, Chifley and Displaced Persons 1947-1949	APMC Fellow	Ben Chifley	2012-13
Weigold Auriol	Historian	Menzies and Nehru: A long shadow	APMC Fellow	Robert Menzies	2009-10
Megarrity Lyndon	Historian	Whitlam and Chifley: Regional dreamers	APMC Fellow	Gough Whitlam, Ben Chifley	2010-11
Mein-Smith Philippa	Historian	John McEwen and the Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement in 1965	APMC Fellow	John McEwen	2008-09
Taflaga Marija	Political scientist	The influence of alternative prime ministers on major public debates	APMC Summer Scholar	John Howard, Tony Abbott	2013-14
Jones Benjamin	Historian	The Australian Republic under Keating and Howard in the 1990s	APMC Summer Scholar	Paul Keating, John Howard	2007-08
Phillips-Peddlesden Bethany	Historian	Parenting the nation: Prime ministers dual roles as parents and leaders	APMC Summer Scholar	Robert Menzies, Bob Hawke, Julia Gillard	2011-12
Williams Emma	Museum studies	Australian cabinet decisions 1972-1988	APMC Summer Scholar	5 Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard	2007-08
Graves Matthew	Historian	Prime ministers and memorial diplomacy in the late 20th Century	APMC Fellow	Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke	2011-12
Martin Hannah	Legal studies	Gough Whitlam and the Australian Constitution	APMC Summer Scholar	Gough Whitlam	2009-10
Betts Guy	Historian	Whitlam Government urban policies and the lasting impact on the Western Sydney region	APMC Summer Scholar	Gough Whitlam	2011-12
Rankin Benjamin	Political scientist	Developmental social liberalism: Alfred Deakin and water resources politics in Australia	APMC Summer Scholar	Alfred Deakin	2010-11
Altern Hannah	Historian	Prime ministers and multiculturalism	APMC Summer Scholar	Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating	2011-12
Denemark David	Political Scientist	Gender effects of voter assessments of leaders: the impact of Australia's first female prime minister	APMC Fellow	Julia Gillard	2014-15
Edwards Peter	Historian	Prime Minister Bob Hawke and the Hope Royal Commission	APMC Fellow	Bob Hawke	2014-15
Weigold Auriol	Historian	More than charisma ? Bob Hawke and Rajiv Gandhi	APMC Honorary Fellow	Bob Hawke	2014-15
Baines Charlotte	Political scientist	God under Rudd: religion and state under the first two years of the Rudd Government	APMC Summer Scholar	Kevin Rudd	2009-2010
Rayner Jennifer	Political scientist	Leaders and legitimacy: lessons from two Labor leadership transitions	APMC Summer Scholar	Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard	2012-13
Howell Sarah	Cartoonist and community artist	A graphic novel exploring the pressures of being prime minister, through the eyes of Dame Enid Lyons	APMC Fellow	Joseph Lyons, John Curtin, Harold Holt	2013-14

Former researchers

Researchers at the APMC