Catch and Kill

The Politics of Power

Joel Deane

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Queensland Univ. Press
29 July 2015

Political parties; Australian Society

Power is the only measure of a politician that matters. How they win power. How they wield power. How they lose power. Catch and Kill is an inside account of the beguiling and nomadic nature of the unholy trinity of politics - the winning, the wielding, the losing.

Taking us into the inner sanctum of state and national politics, Joel Deane investigates how four friends - Steve Bracks, John Brumby, John Thwaites and Rob Hulls - beat the factions, won office in Victoria, achieved progressive reforms, then tried to hijack Canberra. 'We were,' Bracks says, 'a government that could catch and kill its own.'

Drawing on dozens of interviews with key figures, Deane provides a candid insight into the triumphs and failures of the Bracks - Brumby government, as well as those of its federal and state counterparts. He also shines a light on the personalities behind these decisions - their ambitions, their passions and their disappointments.

A gripping work of narrative non-fiction, Catch and Kill delivers a slice of political gothic, venturing inside the heart of the contemporary Labor Party in search of the nature of power.

By: Joel Deane
Imprint: Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 488g
ISBN: 9780702249808
ISBN 10: 0702249807
Publication Date: 29 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active