A Letter To My Children
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Letter To My Children
By (Author) Christopher Pyne
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
3rd August 2015
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
324.2092
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 155mm, Height 235mm, Spine 20mm
342g
Description
Why do seemingly intelligent men and woman leave their families to spend more than half the year travelling to Canberra, and night after night out at electorate and campaign events Surely there are easier ways to earn a living This is one politician's attempt to explain to his four children the example of intergenerational public service set by his own father that inspired him to purse a career in politics.
Author Bio
Christopher Pyne is the Minister for Education and Leader of the House of Representatives in the Abbott Government. Christopher was elected to the House of Representatives for the seat of Sturt aged twenty-five. He was Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Minister for Ageing in the Howard Government. During that time he founded headspace- the youth mental health initiative. In Opposition he served as a senior Shadow Minister, most notably in Education and as Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives. Christopher is married to Carolyn and is the father of Eleanor, Barnaby, Felix and Aurelia.
