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"With a new essay on Turnbull in power"--Title page.

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In this riveting piece of reportage and analysis, Toohey examines the wholesale attempt to change an entrenched way of life. He takes a perceptive, at time humorous, look at the encounter between outsiders, doctors, police, military and bureaucrats, and Territory Aboriginals.

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Australia's British inheritance is a paradox that has preoccupied much of Malouf's fiction, and now it gives rise to a brilliant essay exploring Australia's connection with our one-time 'mother-country'. Malouf ponders the strengths and weaknesses, the values and illusions of Australia's complex relationship with England.

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'During the term of the Rudd and Gillard governments, criticism of the Labor Party became a national pastime.' So writes Mark Latham, a one-time leader of the party and still its most perceptive - and fiercest - critic. In Quarterly Essay 49 , Latham argues that the time has come to go beyond criticism to solutions.

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Here Simon Leys translates for the first time into English an essay by the remarkable Simone Weil -- philosopher, activist, mystic -- which makes a case for the corrupting effect of political parties on political life. This is a dazzling account of the perils of political conformity, written with brilliant clarity and wit.

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In August 2004, Parliamentary senators wept as they presented Forgotten Australians, the report from the Senate Inquiry into the treatment of children in care.

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Panic (noun). A sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour. Australians see themselves as a relaxed and tolerant bunch. But scratch the surface and you'll uncover an extraordinary level of fear. Cronulla. Henson. Hanson. Wik. Haneef. The Boats...

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West Papua is today the site of a covert and brutal struggle. Investigative reporter John Martinkus has just returned from the region, where he has spoken to guerillas and Indonesian officers, politicians and ordinary people. His essay Paradise Betrayed combines these testimonies with a pacy political analysis.

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Tony Abbott is poised to become the nation's next prime minister and, more than ever, Australian's are asking: what kind of man is he and how might he run the countryDavid Marr's Political Animal, with its revelation of 'the punch,' triggered intense scrutiny of Abbott's character in 2012.

(Paperback, 39th edition)

This essay considers Australia's place between China and the US. As the power balance shifts and China's influence grows, what might this mean for the nation How to define the national interest in the Asian Century It considers the shape of the world to come and the implications for Australia as it seeks to carve out a place in a new world order.

(Paperback, 38th edition)

This irreverent, controversial account is a ground-breaking, in-depth profile that traces Rudd's years in Queensland, in China, in opposition and finally in government. Based on extensive research, observation and interviewing, it examines the forces that have made Kevin Rudd and the way he wields his power.

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Presents a timely and thought-provoking essay on our relationship with America. In light of the recent tragedy in New York, this trend is receiving a certain focus and the cosy nature of our relationship is beginning to be scrutinised and questioned.

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Noel Pearson turns his attention to the question of education. He argues powerfully that underclass students, many of whom are Aboriginal, should receive a rigorous schooling that gives them the means to negotiate the wider world. He examines the long-term failure of educational policy in Australia, especially in the indigenous sector

(Paperback, 35th edition)

Noel Pearson argues that nothing is more crucial to future success than a proper education, and that too many in our society are being left behind. He also looks critically at some of the most difficult and controversial issues. Does education for the many mean a lowering of overall standards Can one teach empowerment

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Australians are relaxed and comfortable with the Liberal Party. What is the party doing right What is its core appeal to Australian voters Has John Howard made a dramatic break with the past, or is he simply our robert Menzies

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This is a groundbreaking and dramatic account of a transformation with global consequences. As other Western nations come to adopt similarly harsh measures, this account will serve as a prophetic evocation and analysis of the increasingly desperate plight of the refugee in a world of ever more tightly controlled borders.

(Paperback, 34th edition)

Malcolm Turnbull has quite a job ahead of him as leader of the Liberal Party. How is he going so far What can we expect in the years ahead This is a scintillating look at Turnbull and the Liberals in opposition. It is based on extensive interviews with and observation of Turnbull, who emerges as a fascinating, aggressive, humorous character.

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W.E.H. Stanner's words changed Australia. Without condescension and without sentimentality, Stanner conveyed the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. In his Boyer Lectures he exposed a 'cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale' regarding the fate of the Aborigines, for which he coined the phrase 'the great Australian silence'.

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