Politics
Scott Morrison has now been prime minister longer than any of his four predecessors: Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, or Malcolm Turnbull. He has won one election by the skin of his teeth and faces another by May next year. So what sort of man is he and how good a prime minister? These three publications give us slightly different takes on these questions.
... (read more)Labor People: The stories of six true believers by Chris Bowen
by Lyndon Megarrity •
What Is to Be Done: Political engagement and saving the planet by Barry Jones
by Paul Morgan •
God Save the Queen: The strange persistence of monarchies by Dennis Altman
by John Rickard •
JFK: Coming of age in the American century, 1917–1956 by Fredrik Logevall
by Gary Werskey •
To Kill a Democracy: India’s passage to despotism by Debasish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane
by Ian Hall •
The Age of Acrimony: How Americans fought to fix their democracy, 1865–1915 by Jon Grinspan
by Samuel Watts •