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O'Keefe v Calwell [1] is a High Court of Australia case.. Annie O'Keefe was a Dutch subject born in the Netherlands East Indies and one of 15,000 people who were evacuated to Australia from nearby countries during World War II and given sanctuary.
[1] [2] Starring Michael O'Keefe and Suzzanne Douglas, the series centered on the brash Boston lawyer Simon MacHeath, who left his job at a prestigious law firm to start his own defense practice. [3] Seventeen one-hour episodes were broadcast from September 23, 1990, to April 5, 1991. [4]
The Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell, was a strong supporter of the White Australia policy, and claimed that the High Court's decision would lead to a "mongrel Australia". [3] The government wished to expel the 800 or so foreign non-whites who had entered Australia during World War II, and formulated a new act to eliminate the loopholes ...
The series was about the O'Keefe family: Harry and Ellie, together with their children, Lauren, Danny and Mark. The plot centered on the fact that the O'Keefe parents had homeschooled their children for most of their lives and with the dramatic and comic interest arising in situations where the children were beginning to experience the outside world.
True Believers is a 1988 Australian miniseries which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War II up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955.
In October 2024, it was announced that Ed O'Neill would be joining the series in a recurring role. [10] The series begin filming in California in October 2024, [11] [12] [13] on a budget of $69.7 million. [14] In July 2024, the series was awarded $14.1 million in tax credits from the California Film Commission. [14] [15]
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Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack; Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger's Wife.