On Politics and Stuff (On Series) by Mark Humphries
$16.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol | Series: On Ser.
If you love iambic pentameter, then look away because this book about Australian politics is pure prose, baby!This book is quite possibly the most comprehensive book on Australian politics ever written. That's right, it covers both houses of parliament.We'll take you inside the halls of power. And if we ...Show more
On the Voice to Parliament by Charles Prouse
$16.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
Australia is on the brink of a landmark decision to establish a First Nations Voice to Parliament that will be enshrined in the Constitution. From there, treaty-making and truth-telling will follow. But how do we cut through the debate, get to the heart of the issue and vote in the best interests of In ...Show more
One Last Spin: The Power and Peril of the Pokies by Drew Rooke
$7.50 AUD
$29.99 (74% off)
Category: #Auspol
A poignant and compassionate work of literary journalism that tackles Australia's most controversial pastime. Almost 200,000 poker machines sing and flash in pubs, clubs, and casinos in every corner of the country. They're highly complex devices, their components designed by mathematicians, musicians, ...Show more
Our National Shame: Violence against Women (In the National Interest) by Kate Fitz-gibbon
$19.95 AUD
Category: #Auspol | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The expos s in early 2021 of sexism and sexual violence in Parliament House prompted women across the country (and some men) to take to stages, lecterns and social media to express their rage and demand action. However, while these events highlighted that violence against women is an ongoing issue in ou ...Show more
Our Sphere of Influence: Rivalry in the Pacific - Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 6 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
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
Our Unstable Neighbourhood: The Contest for South-East Asia: Australian Foreign Affairs 15 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
As the great powers clash in South-East Asia, how will Australia secure its interests in the region?The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the challenges confronting South-East Asia as it finds itself at the epicentre of the rivalry between the United States and China.Our Unstable Neigh ...Show more
Party Animals: The Secret History of a Labor Fiasco by Samantha Maiden
$34.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
The Labor Party was the unbeatable favourite to win the 2019 election right up until the polls closed and voters delivered the shock verdict. If the results surprised pundits, they also shocked Bill Shorten and his frontbench who had spent the final weeks of the campaign carefully planning for their fir ...Show more
Peace Crimes: Pine Gap, National Security and Dissent by Kieran Finnane
$32.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
At the closely guarded and secretive military facility, Pine Gap in Australia's Northern Territory, police arrest six nonviolent activists. Their crime- to step through a fence, lamenting and praying for the dead of war.They call themselves Peace Pilgrims. The Crown calls them a threat to national secur ...Show more
Plagued: Australia's two years of hell - the inside story by Simon Benson
$34.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
This is the inside story of Australia’s two years of hell, when the country was besieged by crisis after crisis, and a rolling series of challenges and setbacks. Much of what took place behind the scenes will astonish the public. Plagued reveals how the critical decisions were actually made, decisions t ...Show more
Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull's demise and Scott Morrison's ascension by Niki Savva
$35.00 AUD
Category: #Auspol | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
'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 surprise succ ...Show more
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
Politics Now: The Best of David Rowe by David Rowe
$32.99 AUD
Category: #Auspol
A riveting collection from Australia's finest and most instantly recognisable political cartoonist. This first and long-awaited collection throws us into the grotesque, malformed, and subterranean world that is Rowe's vision of politics now. Enter at your own risk. Featuring all the madness and downrigh ...Show more