Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power

Author(s): Joel Deane

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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, taking readers inside the heart of the contemporary Labor Party in search of the nature of power.

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Joel Deane is a poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, and speechwriter. He is a former producer for the MSNBC technology news show "The Site," has penned reviews and essays for "Australian Book Review," and written speeches for Labor politicians such as Bill Shorten, Steve Bracks, and John Brumby. He is the author of the novel "The Norseman's Song "and the collection of poetry "Magisterium," which was a finalist for the Melbourne Prize for Literature.

General Fields

  • : 9780702249808
  • : University of Queensland Press
  • : University of Queensland Press
  • : August 2015
  • : 23.00 cmmm X 15.20 cmmm
  • : August 2015
  • : books

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  • : Joel Deane
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 368
  • : black white illustrations