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Quarterly Essay 47: Political Animal: David Marr on Tony Abbott by David Marr
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Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Winner of the 2013 John Button Prize The essential work on Tony Abbott is now an expanded, updated short book - and a crucial election-year companion. Australians want to know: what kind of man is Tony Abbott, and how would he perform as prime minister? In this dramatic portrait, David Marr shows tha ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 48: After the Future by Tim Flannery; George Brandis (Contribution by); Chris Uhlmann (Contribution by); Mark Latham (Contribution by); Judith Brett (Contribution by); Jack Waterford (Contribution by); David Marr (Contribution by); Rachel Nolan (Contribution by)
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When it comes to the natural world, Australia is home to a disproportionately large share of the world's riches. That means we Australians are caretakers of a unique natural heritage in a land which tolerates few mistakes. So how are we doing?In Quarterly Essay 48 Tim Flannery says: we're often failing ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 51: The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell by David Marr
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Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay
Cardinal George Pell is the most prominent Catholic leader in Australia at a time when Church's handling of sexual abuse is being closely investigated. He is also the confessor of prime-minister-in-waiting Tony Abbott. A news-breaking and definitive portrait of Pell, at a time of maximum tension and scr ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 59: Faction Man: Bill Shorten's Path To Power by David Marr
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The top job is within Bill Shorten's grasp. But who is he? How did he rise to become Labor leader? And does he have what it takes to beat Malcolm Turnbull and lead the country? In this dramatic essay, David Marr traces the hidden career of a Labor warrior. He shows how a brilliant recruiter and formidab ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 65: The White Queen, One Nation and the Politics of Race by David Marr
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Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay
Most Australians despise what Pauline Hanson stands for, yet politics in this country is now orbiting around One Nation. In this timely Quarterly Essay, David Marr looks at Australia's politics of fear, resentment and race. Who votes One Nation, and why? How much of this is due to inequality? How much ...Show more
Rudd v. Abbott: Power Trip / Political Animal - Two Classic Quarterly Essays by David Marr by David Marr
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Category: Australiana
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have resumed battle for leadership of the nation. Here, in one volume, are their definitive portraits by Australia's pre-eminent biographer and investigative journalist. Power Tripshows the making of Kevin Rudd, from the formative tragedy of his life - the death of his father ...Show more
The Henson Case by David Marr
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Category: Art
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraphas a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community claimed charges laid over them would affect Australia's cultural reputation. Only now do ...Show more
The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell by David Marr
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Category: Political
George Pell, now a great power in Rome, leaves in his wake shocking revelations about his defence of the church, its power and its assets, as he came to grips with the scandal of child sex abuse by priests. This new edition of The Prince, significantly expanded and updated, draws on fresh evidence of Pe ...Show more
The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell (updated edition) by David Marr
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Category: History
David Marr's explosive bestseller, now expanded and fully updated.In March this year, the nation's most powerful Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, was jailed for child sexual assault. In The Prince, David Marr investigates the man, his career and his ultimate fall. Marr reveals a cleric at ease with power ...Show more