This well-informed and deeply personal account analyzes bushfires from various angles and examines the possibility of limiting their disastrous effects. With fires being a constant and ongoing part of Australian history, ecology, and culture, this study shows that, despite repeated disasters throughout the last two centuries, surviving bushfires today has become no easier than during the first European settlements. With …
Written by one of Australia’s most esteemed political journalists, this detailed coverage of the 2010 federal election analyzes eight months of dramatic Australian politics. Examining Malcolm Turnbull’s manic desire to get his own way in the party and Kevin Rudd’s authoritarian approach to government, this account follows the politicians’ subsequent demise and the ascension of both Tony Abbott …
Self-proclaimed international treasure Gough Whitlam never shied away from a pun, a put-down or a witticism. In this collection of quotes, stories and famous witty remarks, James Carleton, radio presenter and founder of the university club ‘The Dewy-Eyed Whitlamites’, presents a keepsake of Goughisms that vindicates the Great Man’s self-assessment: ‘I never said I was immortal, merely eternal.’ …