. ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Frank ▁St il well ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁South am pton , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁His ▁mother ▁was ▁an ▁infant ▁school ▁teacher , ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁junior ▁cl erk ▁in ▁the ▁department ▁of ▁Custom s ▁and ▁Ex c ise . ▁His ▁father ▁enjoyed ▁local ▁politics ▁and ▁later ▁became ▁mayor . ▁As ▁St il well ▁claimed ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Mor ning ▁Her ald : ▁"[ My ▁father ] ▁was ▁initially ▁an ▁independent ... ▁but ▁he ▁later ▁joined ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁Party ▁as ▁a ▁Conserv ative ▁coun c ill or . ▁That ▁was ▁after ▁the ▁Conserv atives ▁threatened ▁to ▁stand ▁a ▁candidate ▁against ▁him ▁… ▁he ▁was ▁p rag m atic ▁till ▁the ▁end ." ▁ ▁Dis put es ▁within ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sydney ▁Econom ics ▁Department ▁ ▁St il well ▁arrived ▁at ▁Sydney ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁to ▁an ▁econom ics ▁department ▁that ▁was ▁deeply ▁divided ▁on ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁the ▁qual itative ▁and ▁quant itative ▁methods ▁in ▁econom ics . ▁The ▁roots ▁of ▁the ▁dispute ▁were ▁fr amed ▁by ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁social ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁especially : ▁the ▁Anti - cons cription ▁campaign s ▁surrounding ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁war , ▁the ▁women ’ s ▁movement , ▁the ▁( l ater ) ▁the ▁anti - Spring b ok ▁demonstr ation ▁and ▁the ▁black ▁rights ▁protest s . ▁In ▁politics