Inbuilt obsolescence
Once upon a time, Australian politics was known for its stability. Long periods of one party or another in office,…
Best of 2016
After a slow start 2016 turned out to be a pretty good year for Australian writing, with excellent books across…
War games
For a long time the Australian military has been very wary about public discussions, so this first book is a…
Tangled web
It was John Howard who famously declared that the government would decide who came to Australia to live and in…
Office politics
This book is not about what the title suggests. Yes, as Tony Abbott’s chief of staff Peta Credlin held a…
Born to rule
Depending on how you look at it, the Chinese Communist Party is either the last non-ridiculous bastion of Marxism, an…
Hunting for bogeymen
Here is how you make a conspiracy theory: take a couple of facts, stir in a few assumptions, then add…
One-sided story
Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott By David Marr Black Inc, $19.95, pp 208 ISBN 978186355980 If there is…
Terra nullius
For many people these days, exploration means peeking into some of the more unusual corners of the internet. This massive…
Talk is cheap
The Rise of the Fifth Estate: Social Media and Blogging in Australian Politics By Greg Jericho Scribe, $29.95, pp 313…
