Australian Politics
Subimperial Power: Australia in the international arena by Clinton Fernandes
The National Anti-Corruption Bill 2022 was introduced into parliament by the attorney-general, Mark Dreyfus KC, on 28 September 2022. After the second reading speech, the NACC Bill was sent for consideration to a Joint Select Committee, which duly completed its report in time to enable the Bill to be considered for enactment in November.
... (read more)Victory: The inside story of Labor's return to power by Peter van Onselen and Wayne Errington
Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia by Frank Bongiorno
Fact or Fission: The truth about Australia’s nuclear ambitions by Richard Broinowski
Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia’s most powerful premier by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Writing a biography of any practising politician is a difficult task: you are more or less beholden to your subject, and the book can end up an exercise in diplomacy instead of perception. Writing a book about Bill Hayden, who has been called an enigma, a Hamlet, and a Cassandra, is double difficult. Writing about Hayden without Hayden’s help (he ‘was able to squeeze in only limited interviews’) is almost impossible.
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