Interview recorded with Kep Enderby / interviewer, Mel Pratt.

s.l. : s.n., 1976 May 14 - June 4.

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Enderby, Kep, -- 1926 -- Interviews.

Politicians -- Interviews -- Australia.

Lawyers -- Interviews -- Australia.

Mr Enderby, a politician and lawyer, talks of his early life in Dubbo; his interest in golf, aviation and politics; Law School, Sydney University; working in England; Australia and New Zealand Civil Liberties Societies; Jack Gaster; specialisation; Jim Staples; lectureship at the ANU; Bar work in Canberra; Jim Fraser and Gordon Walsh; pre-selection; Canberra scene; press statements and the Press Gallery; prosecuting power of the police; abortion; auction of land in Canberra; Dept. of Captial Territory; housing, and rates increases in Canberra; land resumption, N.T.; amalgamation of Supply with Manufacturing Industry; 25% tariff cut; Industries Assistance Commission; Lionel Murphy as Attorney-General; his changing view of lawyers when Attorney-General; family planning clinics in the ACT; new government houses for the ACT; purchase of buses; the Civic merry-go-round; conflict of interests as Minister and Member for Canberra; conveyancing; Manufacturing Industry; unemployment; Leyland issue; Lionel Murphy's move to the High Court; Labor lawyers and the the High Court; Lionel Murphy; Trade Practices Act; Family Law Act; appointment of judges; Australian Legal Aid Office; Superior Court Bill; relations with Barwick ; Ellicott's opinion of powers of the governor-General; refusal of supply; draft opinions for Kerr by Maurice Byers; interview with Kerr; sacking of Whitlam; Whitlam; problems of lack of control of the Senate; Whitlam's future in politics; his own future.

Access open for research, personal copies and public use.

Recorded at his home in Canberra.

Kep Enderby was the Labor Member of the House of Representatives for the A.C.T. from 1970-1974, and for Canberra from 1974-1975. He held four portfolios in that time. Mr Enderby was also a member of the legal profession in the A.C.T. and New South Wales.

Oral History Collection.

Transcript (94 leaves)