Triumph and Demise

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The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation: Updated Edition

By Paul Kelly

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Triumph and Demise offers an authoritative inside look at the Labor Government in Australia from 2007 to 2013, focusing on the complex partnership between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. Drawing on over sixty interviews, Paul Kelly explores their initial success in uniting to defeat John Howard, the subsequent tensions and hostilities that fractured their alliance, and the political and personal dramas that shaped Julia Gillard’s tenure as the first female prime minister. The book also examines key events such as the carbon tax saga and the rise of Tony Abbott, whose leadership ultimately undermined the Labor Government's chance of recovery.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in Australian politics, the inner workings of government, and the personal dynamics that influence political leadership. It is suitable for those wanting a detailed, journalistic perspective on one of Australia's most turbulent political eras.

Featuring a new introduction in response to Julia Gillard's memoir, this revised edition brings Paul Kelly's masterpiece on the Rudd-Gillard years up to the present. Drawing on more than sixty on-the-record interviews with all the major players, Triumph and Demise is the inside account of the hopes, achievements and bitter failures of the Labor Government from 2007 to 2013.

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Featuring a new introduction in response to Julia Gillard's memoir, this revised edition brings Paul Kelly's masterpiece on the Rudd Gillard years up to the present. Drawing on more than sixty on-the-record interviews with all the major players, Triumph and Demise is full of remarkable disclosures.

It is the inside account of the hopes, achievements, and bitter failures of the Labor Government from 2007 to 2013. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard came together to defeat John Howard, formed a brilliant partnership, and raised the hopes of the nation. Yet they fell into tension and then hostility under the pressures of politics and policy.

Veteran journalist Paul Kelly probes the dynamics of the Rudd-Gillard partnership and dissects what tore them apart. He tells the full story of Julia Gillard’s tragedy as our first female prime minister—her character, Rudd's destabilisation, the carbon tax saga, and how Gillard was finally pulled down on the eve of the 2013 election.

Kelly documents the most misunderstood event in these years—the rise of Tony Abbott and the reason for his success. It was Abbott’s performance that denied Rudd and Gillard the chance to recover.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780522867817

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 October 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne University Press

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 877g

Pages: 584

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Paul Kelly Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Paul Kelly is Editor-at-Large of The Australian. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the paper and he writes on Australian politics, public policy and international affairs. Paul appears each week on Australian Agenda (Sky News) and before that was a regular on Insiders (ABC TV) for nearly a decade. He is the author of seven books- The Unmaking of Gough (1976), The Hawke Ascendancy (1984), The End of Certainty (1992), November 1975 (1995), Paradise Divided (2000), 100 Years- The Australian Story (2001) and The March of Patriots (2009).