- Title:
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Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the lucky country QE 36
- Written by:
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Mungo MacCallum
- Published by:
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Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
- Published:
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December 01 2009
- Read by:
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Mungo MacCallum
- Number of CDs / Tapes:
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3
- Duration:
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2 hours 40 minutes
- MP3 size:
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- Genre:
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- Available Date:
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December 28 2009
- ISBN:
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9781742335889
- APN / ISBN-13:
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9781742335889
- BAB:
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091264
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
About this book:
Simultaneous release of the first issue of Quarterly Essay on the Bolinda programme. A new addition to the publishing programme, all future Quarterly Essay titles will be released simultaneously with the print edition. Listen up for all back issues of this best-selling collection of essays - to be released for audio digital download in early 2010.
Mungo MacCallum investigates political leadership in Australia, past and present. This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the Rudd government and Australia. MacCallum argues that the things we used to rely on are not there anymore. On the Right, the blind faith in markets has recently collapsed. The Left lost its guiding light with the demise of the socialist dream. In entertaining fashion, MacCallum shows how Australia's history has been one of great illusions: endless pastures, endless gold, a new Britannia, and more. But while our past big visions seem to have come undone, we need a new one more than ever. This essay is both a report card on the Rudd government and a broader meditation on leadership in a time of major change and challenge. What do we want from our leaders at such a time? Why is Rudd doing so well in the polls? What does he know about Australia that his opponents don't?