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Australian Books

Misplaced nostalgia

11 August 2018

9:00 AM

11 August 2018

9:00 AM

Michelle Grattan has been a part of the political landscape for nearly a half-century, so when she says that there has been a marked change in the nature of debate in the past few years – and not a change for the better – we should pay attention. Indeed, her introductory essay is the best part of a book which is, to put it kindly, rather ramshackle.

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