Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation.
by Kelly, Paul
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0522867812
- ISBN 13
- 9780522867817
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About This Item
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2014. Revised ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 560 pp. Drawing on more than 60 interviews with all the major players, a senior journalist from "The Australian" provides an inside account of the hopes, achievements and bitter failures of the Labor Government from 2007 to 2013. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard came together to defeat John Howard, formed a brilliant partnership and raised the hopes of the nation. Yet they fell into tension and then hostility. The full story of Julia Gillard's tragedy as our first female prime minister - her character, Rudd's destabilisation, the carbon tax saga, and how Gillard was finally pulled down on the eve of the 2013 election by Tony Abbott. Also about the rise of Tony Abbott, and his success in defeating Rudd in 2013.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17878
- Title
- Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation.
- Author
- Kelly, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0522867812
- ISBN 13
- 9780522867817
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press (MUP)
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- australian government, politics, politicians, australian labor party (alp), first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About Bookhome Sydney
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...