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1 online resource |
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface : The Victory; Part One : The First Days; The Women Problem; Power Steering; Budget Failure; Fighting Wars; The Bishop's Move; Part Two: On the Brink; In Denial; Building Bridges; Spoils of Power; Arise, Sir Prince; The Shorten Factor; Minister For Women; Lost Jewels; Part Three : Narrow Escape; First Blood; No Recriminations; Going To War; The Money Problem; How To Lead; Fallout; Part Four: The Last Chance; The Onion; U-Turn; Hockey vs Turnbull; Citizen Abbott; Kill Bill; Falling A Part; Part Five : A New Leader; Warrior Falls; The Turnbull Government |
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Why Abbott and Credlin FailedAuthor's Note; Back Cover |
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Annotation. "Credlin was Abbott's enforcer, his disciplinarian, his counsellor, his brain, his mother. Her strength as a chief of staff was a sign of his weakness as a prime minister: she gave him the option of disengaging. Credlin allowed Abbott to be who he wanted to be: the good bloke, the philosopher, the weekend fire-fighter, the surfer, the orator, the man of action. If Abbott was a natural leader, it could have worked. But he lacked the most important attribute of all: judgement."Tony Abbott and his chief of staff, Peta Credlin, ran a brilliant campaign in opposition. But their approach led to disaster in government. When Abbott became prime minister, he and Credlin ruthlessly controlled ministers, backbenchers, the public service and the media. They shut out voices that questioned Abbott's way. Everything started to unravel."Credlin & Co." is the story of a relationship that determined the fate of a government. It shows in stunning detail the disastrous consequences of power abused, and the broken people left in its wake. Aaron Patrick is the print editor of the "Australian Financial Review" and author of "Downfall: How the Labor Party Ripped Itself Apart" (2013) |
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Australian |
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English |
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Abbott, Tony, 1957-
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Abbott, Tony, 1957- fast (OCoLC)fst01526005 |
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Credlin, Peta
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Liberal Party of Australia.
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Liberal Party of Australia. fast (OCoLC)fst00543446 |
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Politicians -- Australia -- Attitudes
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Politics, Practical -- Australia
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Political leadership -- Australia -- 2013-
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Political leadership.
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Politicians -- Attitudes.
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Politics and government.
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Politics, Practical.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 2013-
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Australia.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781925203783 |
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1925203786 |
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