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PHILIP CHUBB Power Failure: The inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard. Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

PHILIP CHUBB Power Failure: The inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard. Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

by NRB | 14 May 2019 | Non-fiction | 1 comment

How did the politics of climate change become so intractable? Power Failure gives an account of the Rudd–Gillard years – a pertinent reminder as Australia goes to the polls in 2019. Again, something is in the air. It is the acrid tang of a looming election. With it...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on voting

The Godfather: Peter Corris on voting

by NRB | 19 Jan 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 2 comments

For the first time in my life I have been threatened with a fine for not voting in an election. This has caused me a little shame. I had to wait until I was 21 to vote (the voting age was not lowered to 18 until 1974), but ever since I’ve voted enthusiastically in...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on voting

The Godfather: Peter Corris on the outstanding success of Malcolm Turnbull

by NRB | 20 Oct 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 1 comment

This may seem to be an unusual heading given my stated political leanings and the observable political facts, but bear with me. It’s based on a single premise, which will become clear. Turnbull, although he claims to have been raised in somewhat straitened...
BRADON ELLEM The Pilbara: From the deserts profits come. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress

BRADON ELLEM The Pilbara: From the deserts profits come. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress

by NRB | 21 Sep 2017 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

The Pilbara is an important book for anyone thinking about the world of work and how it might be shaped in Australia. Bradon Ellem tells us at the outset that his approach will be historical and geographical, that the past does not stay the same, and that the vast...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on elections

by NRB | 6 Sep 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

The first Federal election I remember was in 1960. It was the one Robert Menzies won by one seat – the ‘Killen, you are magnificent’ election.* I couldn’t vote, being only 18 (the voting age for Federal elections was not lowered from 21 to 18 until 1973) but my...

KERRY-ANNE WALSH The Stalking of Julia Gillard: How the Media and Team Rudd Contrived to Bring Down the Prime Minister. Reviewed by Linda Funnell

by NRB | 11 Jul 2013 | Non-fiction | 9 comments

Leaks, rumours, polls and deniability: Kerry-Anne Walsh paints an ugly picture of Kevin Rudd’s road back to the prime ministership. This book, which details the covert media campaign run by Kevin Rudd and his supporters over the course of the Gillard government, went...
             

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