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Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life by Judith Brett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
A brilliant collection of the best essays by award-winning writer Judith Brett, long revered by those in the know as Australia's brightest and most astute political commentator. Since the 1980s Judith Brett has been helping to shape Australians' conversations about politics, bringing a historian's eye ...Show more
Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard: Quarterly Essay 28 by Judith Brett
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In Exit Right, Judith Brett explains why the tide turned on John Howard. This is an essay about leadership, in particular Howard's style of strong leadership which led him to dominate his party with such ultimately catastrophic results. In this definitive account, Brett discusses how age became Howard's ...Show more
From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting (TP) by Judith Brett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
It's compulsory to vote in Australia. We are one of a handful of countries in the world that enforce this rule at election time, and the only English-speaking country that makes its citizens vote. Not only that, we embrace it. We celebrate compulsory voting with barbeques and cake stalls at polling stat ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 42: Fair Share: Country and City in Australia by Judith Brett
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
For many decades Australia was the country that rode on the sheep's back. No more - now we are a country of mining and services. In QE42, one of Australia's most original and respected political thinkers, Judith Brett, looks at what this has meant for the country and the city in our politics and culture ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 48: After the Future by Tim Flannery; George Brandis (Contribution by); Chris Uhlmann (Contribution by); Mark Latham (Contribution by); Judith Brett (Contribution by); Jack Waterford (Contribution by); David Marr (Contribution by); Rachel Nolan (Contribution by)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
When it comes to the natural world, Australia is home to a disproportionately large share of the world's riches. That means we Australians are caretakers of a unique natural heritage in a land which tolerates few mistakes. So how are we doing?In Quarterly Essay 48 Tim Flannery says: we're often failing ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 78: The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future by Judith Brett
$22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals | Series: QE78
Australia is the world’s biggest coal exporter, accounting for over a third of coal exports worldwide. In 2018, coal overtook iron ore as our most valuable export. Scott Morrison’s government has embraced coal, doubling down on supporting the industry, calling climate-based boycotts of coal companies “i ...Show more
RELAXED AND COMFORTABLE QUARTERLY ESSAY by Judith Brett; Chris Feik (Editor)
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
What is the Liberal Party's core appeal to Australian voters? Has John Howard made a dramatic break with the past, or has he ingeniously modernised the strategies of his party's founder, Sir Robert Menzies? For Judith Brett, the governmeant of John Howard has done what successful Liberal governments hav ...Show more
Robert Menzies' Forgotten People by Judith Brett
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
"Menzies' political self was constructed around a denial of experience and an imagined England filled the void. So too for the people and the country he led 'In 1941, RG Menzies delivered to war-time Australia what was to be his richest, most creative speech, and one of his most influential. 'The Forgot ...Show more
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This insightful and accessible new biography of Alfred Deakin, Australia's second prime minister, shines fresh light on one of the nation's most significant figures. It brings out from behind the image of a worthy, bearded father of federation the gifted, passionate and intriguing man whose contribution ...Show more
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Alfred Deakin - scholar, spiritualist, prime minister - was instrumental in creating modern Australia. In the first biography of Deakin in more than half a century, the acclaimed political historian Judith Brett deftly weaves together his public, private and family lives. She brings out from behind the ...Show more
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