Australian Politics 2014

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Margaret & Gough: The Love Story That Shaped a Nation

Susan Mitchell

This is the compelling story of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, his wife Margaret and their 70-year relationship - personal and political, private and public. It is a story of…

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Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister

Patrick Weller

Beginning with Rudd’s childhood in rural Queensland, examines the people, places and politics that shaped him into the leader he is today. A frank analysis of Kevin Rudd’s leadership style…

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Dick Hamer: The liberal Liberal

Tim Colebatch

He was the reforming leader who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised homosexuality, abolished…

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The Good Fight: Six years, two prime ministers and staring down the Great Recession

Wayne Swan

A highly personal account of the Rudd and Gillard governments from the heart of the Cabinet and the real story of how Australia avoided the Great Recession from the man…

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The Gatekeepers: Lessons from prime ministers’ chiefs of staff

R.A.W. Tiernan,Anne Rhodes

The Gatekeepers examines the position of chief of staff to the Australian Prime Minister from the perspective of key individuals who have held it. Exploring the support needs of Australian…

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The Fights of My Life

Greg Combet

The Fights of My Life is the story of a man who faces up to the power structures of politics, big business and the media. His latest target is the…

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The Hard Sell: The tricks of political advertising

Dee Madigan

In The Hard Sell, creative director Dee Madigan uses her trademark humour and down-to-earth approach to unveil the world of political advertising.

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He Who Must Be Obeid: The Untold Story

Linton Besser,Kate McClymont

Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State. New South Wales has Eddie Obeid.

Meet Australia’s most corrupt politician whose brazen misdeeds were said to be on a scale…

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Menzies at War

Anne Henderson

In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM and despair that his…

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The Independent Member for Lyne: A Memoir

Rob Oakeshott

From deep inside the last Parliament, Rob Oakeshott reveals the real story of being an independent during the Gillard government. From his apprenticeship in the NSW Parliament to the last…

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Don Dunstan: Intimacy and Liberty: A Political Biography

Dino Hodge

This book records the change in public discourse over issues of homosexuality - from morality to state security and then civil liberties. Don Dunstan worked as a member of parliament…

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Dangerous Allies

Malcolm Fraser,Cain Roberts

Dangerous Allies examines Australia’s history of strategic dependence and questions the continuation of this position. It argues that international circumstances, in the world and in the Western Pacific especially, now…

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Diary of a Foreign Minister

Bob Carr

Six years after vacating his position as the longest - serving Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr returned to politics in his dream job: as Foreign Minister of Australia…

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Rudd Gillard and Beyond: Penguin Specials

Troy Bramston

Troy Bramston is a former principal speechwriter for Kevin Rudd and an adviser to the Rudd government. He spent 10 years working as an adviser to federal Labor politicians in…

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Hockey: Not Your Average Joe

Madonna King

Will this man be Australia’s next Prime Minister? The son of an immigrant and a Bondi beauty queen, Joe Hockey is one of Australia’s most popular politicians with one of…

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The Whitlam Mob

Mungo MacCallum

A delightful portrait gallery that evokes a turbulent time. In The Whitlam Mob, Mungo gives a sharp, witty and very personal account of the main characters of the Whitlam…

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