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4 Classic Quarterly Essays on the Australian Story by David Malouf, Guy Rundle, Mungo MacCallum, Tim Flannery
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Each essay here offers an intriguing angle on the Australian story. There is David Malouf's elegant and truthful account of the British inheritance and Mungo MacCallum's devastating chronicling of the refugee crisis and Australian history.
Bipolar Nation: How to Win the 2007 Election: Quarterly Essay 25 by Peter Hartcher
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In Bipolar Nation, Peter Hartcher discusses the fantasies and realities at the heart of our politics. When our political leaders look at us, what do they see? What are the hopes, fears and dreams of the Australian electorate, and how might they be turned to election winning advantage? What, most fundame ...Show more
Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard: Quarterly Essay 28 by Judith Brett
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In Exit Right, Judith Brett explains why the tide turned on John Howard. This is an essay about leadership, in particular Howard's style of strong leadership which led him to dominate his party with such ultimately catastrophic results. In this definitive account, Brett discusses how age became Howard's ...Show more
Love and Money by Anne Manne; Chris Feik (Editor)
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In Love & Money, Anne Manne looks at the religion of work - its high priests and sacrificial lambs. As family life and motherhood feel the pressure of the market, she asks whether the chief beneficiaries are self-interested employers and child-care corporations. This is an essay that ranges widely a ...Show more
QUARTERLY ESSAY 27 REACTION TIME by Ian Lowe; Chris Feik (Editor)
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Australia is at a crossroads- do we need to embrace a nuclear future? In Reaction Time, Ian Lowe examines the science and the politics of nuclear power, as well as the feasible alternatives in an era of global warming. Lowe discusses his one-time belief in nuclear power and what led to the faltering of ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 26 - His Master's Voice: Public Debate in Howard's Australia by David Marr; Chris Feik (Editor)
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John Howard has the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGOs, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and shut down parliamentary scrutiny. Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a part ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 30 - Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention by Paul Toohey
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When Mal Brough and John Howard announced the Northern Territory intervention in mid-2007, they proclaimed a child abuse emergency. In this riveting piece of reportage and analysis, Paul Toohey unpicks the rhetoric of emergency and tracks progress. One year on, have children been saved? Will Labor conti ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 31 - Now or Neve r: A Sustainable Future for Australia? by Tim Flannery
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Sometime this century, after 4 billion years, some of Earth's regulatory systems will pass from control through evolution by natural selection, to control by human intelligence. Will humanity rise to the challenge? This landmark essay by Tim Flannery is about sustainability, our search for it in the twe ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 33 - Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom by Guy Pearse; Gavin Kitching (Contribution by); Christina Thompson (Contribution by)
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Australia's response to climate change must truly baffle outsiders. Why do our leaders pretend that they are leading the world in the battle against global warming? When do environmental risks outweigh economic benefits? Why dig deeper when the rest of the world is looking for alternatives to coal? This ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 36: Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country by Mungo MacCallum
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In Australian Story, Mungo MacCallum investigates the political success of Kevin Rudd. What does he know about Australia that his opponents don't? This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the government and the country. MacCallum argues that the things we used to ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 39: Power Shift: Australia's Future Between Washington and Beijing by Hugh White;
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In the third Quarterly Essayof 2010, Hugh White considers Australia's future between Beijing and Washington. As the power balance shifts, and China's influence grows, what might this mean for our nation? Throughout our history, we have counted first on British then on American primacy in Asia. Now the r ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 42: Fair Share: Country and City in Australia by Judith Brett
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For many decades Australia was the country that rode on the sheep's back. No more - now we are a country of mining and services. In QE42, one of Australia's most original and respected political thinkers, Judith Brett, looks at what this has meant for the country and the city in our politics and culture ...Show more