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The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum

$32.99 AUD

Since 1901, thirty different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the G ...Show more

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From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting PB by Judith Brett

$29.99 AUD

Category: Politics

It's compulsory to vote in Australia. We are one of a handful of countries in the world that enforce this rule at election time, and the only English-speaking country that makes its citizens vote. Not only that, we embrace it. We celebrate compulsory voting with barbeques and cake stalls at polling stat ...Show more

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No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani ; Omid Tofighian (Translator)

$32.99 AUD

Category: Memoir & Biography

Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains... In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. People would run to the mountains to escape the warplanes and f ...Show more

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Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s Demise and Scott Morrison’s Ascension by Niki Savva

$35.00 AUD

Category: #Auspol

'How good is this book! So much intrigue. So many revelations. Such a brilliant read.’Laurie OakesIn an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surpris ...Show more

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Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up by Gabrielle Chan

$34.99 AUD

Category: Politics

Telling the story of Australia as it is today, Gabrielle Chan has gone hyper-local. In Rusted Off,she looks to her own rural community?s main street for answers to the big questions driving voters. Why are we so fed up with politics? Why are formerly rusted-on country voters deserting major parties in g ...Show more

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Rise of the Right by Greg Barns

$24.99 AUD

Category: #Auspol

To most of us, liberal values mean respect for openness, progress, tolerance and the rule of law. But in Australia, these values are increasingly under threat. It is not just on the fringes of our community or body politic that we find liberal values challenged. The decline of liberal values in thi ...Show more

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The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis

$24.99 AUD

Category: Politics

Winner of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2012 Walkley Book Award, and Australia's bestselling political book of 2012. The book of the TV series Making Australia Great. 'This man is perhaps the sanest journalist in Australia. He believes in facts and figures. He has a unique grasp of politic ...Show more

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Choice Words - A Collection of Writing About Abortion by Louise Swinn

$29.99 AUD

Category: Memoir & Biography

Edited by Louise Swinn, Choice Words is a timely collection of stories, essays, rants and raves from high profile women that seeks to demystify abortion and its surrounding stigma.

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The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed their own Government by Niki Savva

$24.99 AUD

Category: Politics

'There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping.' -Tony Abbott, 15 September 2015 Abbott's performances in the party-room debates on education and climate change had ranged between woeful and pathetic. He sounded desperate, he was inconsistent, and -?his colleagues thought?-?slightly ridicul ...Show more

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A Rightful Place: A Road Map to Recognition by Noel Pearson

$27.99 AUD

Category: #Auspol

Soon we will all decide if and how Indigenous Australians will be recognised in the Constitution. In this essential book, several leading writers and thinkers provide a road map to recognition. Starting with the Uluru Statement from the Heart, these eloquent essays show what constitutional recognition m ...Show more

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Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics: The Hard Right in Australia by Dominic Kelly

$32.99 AUD

Category: Politics

Political history at its best. This is the story of the hard right in Australia - of how Ray Evans and his boss at Western Mining Corporation, Hugh Morgan, became the pioneers of a new form of right-wing politics whose forceful reshaping of public debates transformed Australian politics. With a calm ga ...Show more

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Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific - Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 6 by Jonathan Pearlman

$22.99 AUD

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The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia's struggle to retain influence among its Pacific island neighbours as foreign powers play a greater role and as small nations brace for the impacts of climate change. Australia's Sphere of Influence explores the security challenges facin ...Show more

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The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum

$32.99 AUD

From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting PB by Judith Brett

$29.99 AUD

No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani ; Omid Tofighian (Translator)

$32.99 AUD

Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s Demise and Scott Morrison’s Ascension by Niki Savva

$35.00 AUD

Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up by Gabrielle Chan

$34.99 AUD

Rise of the Right by Greg Barns

$24.99 AUD

The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis

$24.99 AUD

Choice Words - A Collection of Writing About Abortion by Louise Swinn

$29.99 AUD

The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed their own Government by Niki Savva

$24.99 AUD

A Rightful Place: A Road Map to Recognition by Noel Pearson

$27.99 AUD

Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics: The Hard Right in Australia by Dominic Kelly

$32.99 AUD

Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific - Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 6 by Jonathan Pearlman

$22.99 AUD

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The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum

$32.99 AUD

From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting PB by Judith Brett

$29.99 AUD

No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani ; Omid Tofighian (Translator)

$32.99 AUD

Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s Demise and Scott Morrison’s Ascension by Niki Savva

$35.00 AUD

Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up by Gabrielle Chan

$34.99 AUD

Rise of the Right by Greg Barns

$24.99 AUD

The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis

$24.99 AUD

Choice Words - A Collection of Writing About Abortion by Louise Swinn

$29.99 AUD

The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed their own Government by Niki Savva

$24.99 AUD

A Rightful Place: A Road Map to Recognition by Noel Pearson

$27.99 AUD

Political Troglodytes and Economic Lunatics: The Hard Right in Australia by Dominic Kelly

$32.99 AUD

Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific - Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 6 by Jonathan Pearlman

$22.99 AUD

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