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On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein

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The fight for a green world is the fight of our lives. And with On Fire, Naomi Klein gives us the ammunition to do it. In frank, personal terms, she shows us how the only way forward out of a polluted world of our own making is only through policy reform - a concrete set of actions to combat the mountin ...Show more

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

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Category: #Auspol

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

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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)

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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

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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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See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence by Jess Hill

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Category: Politics

At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria's dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone counsellors receive a call every three minutes. Many women are repeat callers- on average, they will go back to an abusive partner eight times before leaving for good. 'You must get so frustrated when you ...Show more

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

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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

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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

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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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Who's Minding the Farm? In This Climate Emergency by Patrice Newell

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Category: Politics

A vital account of how sustainable farming can address urgent issues such as climate change and water scarcity, health and nutrition, land stewardship, renewables vs. the coal industry, as well as meaningful and fulfilling rural employment. And a call to arms. You know who is minding the farm - our ...Show more

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Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System by Alexander Betts

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Category: Politics

Europe is facing its greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War, yet the institutions responding to it remain virtually unchanged from those created in the post-war era. Going beyond the scenes of desperation which have become all-too-familiar in the past few years, Alexander Betts and Paul Coll ...Show more

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North Korea Journal by Michael Palin

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Category: Politics

A glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without intern ...Show more

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On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein

$29.99 AUD

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

See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence by Jess Hill

$32.99 AUD

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

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Rise of the Right by Greg Barns

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The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis

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Who's Minding the Farm? In This Climate Emergency by Patrice Newell

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Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System by Alexander Betts

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North Korea Journal by Michael Palin

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