Politics
Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and controversial founding father of the Australian Labor Party by Aneurin Hughes
by John Wanna •
'Men And Women of Australia!': Our greatest modern speeches edited by Michael Fullilove
by Jonathan Pearlman •
A Figure of Speech: A political memoir by Graham Freudenberg
by Troy Bramston •
Neal Blewett reviews 'Losing It' by Annabel Crabb, 'Loner: Inside a Labor tragedy' by Bernard Lagan, and 'The Latham Diaries' by Mark Latham
by Neal Blewett •
Although you might not guess it from media comment, The Latham Diaries (MUP, $39.95 hb, 429 pp, 0522852157) is the most important book yet published on Labor’s wilderness years. It provides a pungent characterisation of Labor’s post-1996 history; conveys a profound understanding of the challenges facing a social democratic party in contemporary Australia ...
... (read more)Righteous Violence edited by Tony Coady and Michael O'Keefe & A Matter of Principle edited by Thomas Cushman
by Jonathan Pearlman •
Speight of Violence: Inside Fiji’s 2000 coup by Michael Field, Tupeni Baba and Unaisi Nabobo-Baba
by Allan Patience •