The Good Wife

Race Matthews had a distinguished career as a federal politician and Victorian state Minister, but the highlight of his career was his time as Gough Whitlam's Principal Private Secretary. A joiner from a very early age, he understood the power of working within an organisation to bring about change but his ambitions for reform and social justice were often thwarted years ago factional in-fighting. He remained a passionate advocate for Fabian values and collectivism. His second wife, Iola, a journalist with several books to her name, decided to complete her husband's memoir as a biography when ill health made the task impossible for him. The result is a loving, considered account of Race's career and her experience of being a political wife.

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The Good Wife is an episode from Life Sentences Podcast by Caroline Baum.

This episode is 47:26 long.

This episode was published on Apr 24, 2025.

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