Australian Politics
The looter held a sign in one hand as he pushed a trolley overflowing with stolen goods in the other. His sign read, ‘Thank you, Mr Bush’. It was not, I suppose, the kind of gratitude George W. Bush had expected. The next day’s looting was not likely to raise a smile: private homes, great museums, and hospitals were ransacked. Vigilantes exercised rough and sometimes cruel justice. There will be worse to come when mobs catch Saddam Hussein’s brutal functionaries. Again, we will be reminded that oppression does not even make people noble, let alone good.
... (read more)Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson & Don’t Tell the Prime Minister by Patrick Weller
by Morag Fraser •
Directions by William Deane & Sir William Deane by Tony Stephen
by Hugh Dillon •
Australia’s Democracy by John Hirst & The Citizens’ Bargain edited by James Walter and Margaret Macleod
by Patricia Grimshaw •
Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A portrait of Paul Keating PM by Don Watson
by Neal Blewett •
Keeper of the Faith: A biography of Jim Cairns by Paul Strangio
by Gideon Haigh •
Looking for Leadership: Australia in the Howard Years by Donald Horne
by Guy Rundle •
Australia's Mandarins: The Frank and the Fearless? by Patrick Weller
by Peter Edwards •
The True Life of Jimmy Governor by Laurie Moore and Stephan Williams
by Peter Pierce •