Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition
by Annabel Crabb
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It is often said within the Labor Party that the phone-calls bringing the worst news are the ones which start Maaaate.... Given Labor's recent history it can be assumed that this type of call is quite frequent.In 1993 Paul Keating won the "unwinnable" federal election. Since then, however, the change in the Australian Labor Party's fortunes has been diabolical. From Beazley to Crean to Latham and back again, the ALP changes its leaders faster than Howard changes his policies.
Annabel Crabb is show more a journalist who has spent years in the Canberra press gallery watching the attempts of the Labor Party to scrabble its way back into power. While the light on the hill may still burn for those once described as true believers, Annabel Crabb reveals a party that has lost its way, abandoned many of its ideals and values, and foregone the trust of much of Australia in its embrace of power and privilege for its leaders.
This is an intimate and at times hilarious account of the vertiginous highs and bone-crushing lows of a party which, three federal leaders after Keating, is still Losing It. show less
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Annabel Crabb was born in February 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia. She is a graduate of the University of Adelaide with two degrees, a Bachelors of Arts and a Bachelor of Law. Currently she is a political journalist and commentator for ABC, and is their chief online political writer. She is the author of Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor show more Party in Opposition, Quarterly Essay 34: Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull, Rise of the Ruddbot: Observations from the Gallery- Melbourne, The Wife Drought- Melbourne, and Special Delivery - Favourite Food To Make and Take (written with Wendy Sharpe). Her awards include the Walkley Award for best magazine feature writing, for her work Quarterly Essay 34: Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition
- Original title
- Losing It: The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition
- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Kim Beazley; Simon Crean; Mark Latham; Kevin Rudd
- Important places
- Australia
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 324.29407 — Society, government, & culture Political science Politics & Elections Political parties Pacific Australia
- LCC
- JQ4098 .L3 .C65 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Australia. New Zealand. Pacific Ocean islands
- BISAC
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- (3.67)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 2
