--- {"type":"list","title":"Best Books about Australian Politics","listId":2667,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics","visibleItemTotal":41,"creator":{"id":"WilliamT","name":"William Tucker","url":"https://listium.com/@WilliamT"},"stats":{"views":1252,"likes":0},"category":"books & literature","publishedAt":"2016-04-12T01:39:14.580Z","updatedAt":"2016-04-12T01:39:14.580Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Title","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":1,"name":"Author","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":2,"name":"Owned","type":"Symbols","format":"checkbox"},{"id":3,"name":"Find on Amazon","type":"Calculated","format":"shop_link"},{"id":4,"name":"Image","type":"Image"}]} --- # Best Books about Australian Politics By [William Tucker (@WilliamT)](https://listium.com/@WilliamT) 1252 views · 0 likes Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016 Category: books & literature I can't tell if I love or hate Australian politics, regardless, here are my favorite books ## Items ### 1. [Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart. A Portrait Of Paul Keating PM](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/0/recollections-of-a-bleeding-heart-a-portrait-of-paul-keating-pm) Item ID: `0` - Author: Don Watson - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Recollections+Of+A+Bleeding+Heart+A+Portrait+Of+Paul+Keating+PM&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/jz9ssnbizbgforhqptgp.jpg) ### 2. [A Little History of the Australian Labor Party](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/1/a-little-history-of-the-australian-labor-party) Item ID: `1` - Author: Frank Bongiorno - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=A+Little+History+of+the+Australian+Labor+Party&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dvdqbldpvtwdhrhdchqz.jpg) ### 3. [After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/2/after-words-the-post-prime-ministerial-speeches) Item ID: `2` - Author: Paul Keating - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=After+Words+The+Post+Prime+Ministerial+Speeches&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/anhontpvboi7ihgmttfp.jpg) ### 4. [Agent Storm](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/3/agent-storm) Item ID: `3` - Author: Morten Storm - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Agent+Storm&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/eowpi0uqnk7ukvxsx5ws.jpg) ### 5. [Australian Prime Ministers](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/4/australian-prime-ministers) Item ID: `4` - Author: Michelle Grattan - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Australian+Prime+Ministers&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ygoewlkn5m2obhb20wvs.jpg) ### 6. [Economic Rationalism in Canberra: A Nation-Building State Changes Its Mind](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/5/economic-rationalism-in-canberra-a-nation-building-state-changes-its-mind) Item ID: `5` - Author: Michael Pusey - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Economic+Rationalism+in+Canberra+A+Nation+Building+State+Changes+Its+Mind&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/uyfo1zkxbrho0fyosnnd.jpg) ### 7. [From Carr to Keneally- Labour in office in NSW 1995-2011](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/6/from-carr-to-keneally-labour-in-office-in-nsw-1995-2011) Item ID: `6` - Author: David Clune - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=From+Carr+to+Keneally+Labour+in+office+in+NSW+1995+2011&tag=listium03-20) - Image: - ### 8. [Gravity](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/7/gravity) Item ID: `7` - Author: Mary Delahunty - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Gravity&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ummbb9gl2qwfoxqpplpp.jpg) ### 9. [Hawke: The Prime Minister](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/8/hawke-the-prime-minister) Item ID: `8` - Author: Blanche D'alpuget - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Hawke+The+Prime+Minister&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bkruntyhh3nz65uqnruy.jpg) ### 10. [He Who Must be Obeid](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/9/he-who-must-be-obeid) Item ID: `9` - Author: Kate McClymony - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=He+Who+Must+be+Obeid&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/zy9htrj6ijx0hbrh6ikx.jpg) ### 11. [Hockey, Not Your Average Joe](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/10/hockey-not-your-average-joe) Item ID: `10` - Author: Madonna King - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Hockey+Not+Your+Average+Joe&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/oifkapmqmtbl59vuerl5.jpg) ### 12. [John Winston Howard: The Biography](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/11/john-winston-howard-the-biography) Item ID: `11` - Author: Wayne Errington & Peter van Onselen - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=John+Winston+Howard+The+Biography&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/uotxqwz4jhpn3je1n4xo.jpg) ### 13. [Margaret Whitlam: A Biography](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/12/margaret-whitlam-a-biography) Item ID: `12` - Author: Susan Mitchell - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Margaret+Whitlam+A+Biography&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bzjlsqieapoprphjmegc.jpg) ### 14. [Men and Women of Australia!](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/13/men-and-women-of-australia) Item ID: `13` - Author: Michael Fulilove - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Men+and+Women+of+Australia+&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ywxukuwljj9xuimahdbi.jpg) ### 15. [Menzies at War](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/14/menzies-at-war) Item ID: `14` - Author: Anne Henderson - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Menzies+at+War&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/jqpugiwonqmt4beesnxs.jpg) ### 16. [Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst For Wealth and Power Shapes our World](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/15/murdochs-politics-how-one-mans-thirst-for-wealth-and-power-shapes-our-world) Item ID: `15` - Author: David McKnight - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Murdoch+s+Politics+How+One+Man+s+Thirst+For+Wealth+and+Power+Shapes+our+World&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ldlgpihx0utwi7bqmugb.jpg) ### 17. [Political Animal](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/16/political-animal) Item ID: `16` - Author: David Marr - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Political+Animal&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/qgre3gyhggesflx9nzso.jpg) ### 18. [Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd (Quarterly Essay #38)](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/17/power-trip-the-political-journey-of-kevin-rudd-quarterly-essay-38) Item ID: `17` - Author: David Marr - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Power+Trip+The+Political+Journey+of+Kevin+Rudd+Quarterly+Essay+38+&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/apfxnqhvesg15d9mmdvk.jpg) ### 19. [Punch and Judy: The Double Disillusion Election Of 2010](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/18/punch-and-judy-the-double-disillusion-election-of-2010) Item ID: `18` - Author: Mungo MacCallum - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Punch+and+Judy+The+Double+Disillusion+Election+Of+2010&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rvydqfwsf7hkughrpaje.jpg) ### 20. [Rudd V. Abbott](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/19/rudd-v-abbott) Item ID: `19` - Author: David Marr - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Rudd+V+Abbott&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/gpq6swvfsyda7djyoopk.jpg) ### 21. [Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/20/sideshow-dumbing-down-democracy) Item ID: `20` - Author: Lindsay Tanner - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Sideshow+Dumbing+Down+Democracy&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/c79o6r3ngkkjbwektstp.jpg) ### 22. [The Australian Voter: 50 Years of Change](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/21/the-australian-voter-50-years-of-change) Item ID: `21` - Author: Ian McAllister - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Australian+Voter+50+Years+of+Change&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/y1upbgvvlvr2zap9pzps.jpg) ### 23. [The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/22/the-commanding-heights--the-battle-for-the-world-economy) Item ID: `22` - Author: Daniel Yergin - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Commanding+Heights+The+Battle+for+the+World+Economy&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ffj0wscn2754vwczdrmj.jpg) ### 24. [The Costello Memoirs](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/23/the-costello-memoirs) Item ID: `23` - Author: Peter Costello - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Costello+Memoirs&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/jz4uv1lbk0lli0ji9r7z.jpg) ### 25. [The Dismissal: Australia's Most Sensational Power Struggle: The Dramatic Fall Of Gough Whitlam](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/24/the-dismissal-australias-most-sensational-power-struggle-the-dramatic-fall-of-gough-whitlam) Item ID: `24` - Author: Paul Kelly - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Dismissal+Australia+s+Most+Sensational+Power+Struggle+The+Dramatic+Fall+Of+Gough+Whitlam&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/mhgvizjqphqkaiewjqug.jpg) ### 26. [The Hawke Memoirs](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/25/the-hawke-memoirs) Item ID: `25` - Author: Bob Hawke - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Hawke+Memoirs&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/nr9jlf8znjk9zbhexszo.jpg) ### 27. [The Independent Member for Lyne](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/26/the-independent-member-for-lyne) Item ID: `26` - Author: Rob Oakeshott - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Independent+Member+for+Lyne&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/e7pzc0cy0pylnqfyjm7e.jpg) ### 28. [The Light On The Hill: The Australian Labor Party, 1891 1991](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/27/the-light-on-the-hill-the-australian-labor-party-1891-1991) Item ID: `27` - Author: Ross McMullin - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Light+On+The+Hill+The+Australian+Labor+Party+1891+1991&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rq1grghhcyhijqh1joff.jpg) ### 29. [The Longest Decade](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/28/the-longest-decade) Item ID: `28` - Author: George Megalogenis - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Longest+Decade&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/jdj1117msf8fljiqpnfv.jpg) ### 30. [The March of Patriots: The Struggle for Modern Australia](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/29/the-march-of-patriots-the-struggle-for-modern-australia) Item ID: `29` - Author: Paul Kelly - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+March+of+Patriots+The+Struggle+for+Modern+Australia&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/azwgpcjjzmhnv5qfqgdv.jpg) ### 31. [The Party Thieves: The Real Story of the 2010 Election](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/30/the-party-thieves-the-real-story-of-the-2010-election) Item ID: `30` - Author: Barrie Cassidy - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Party+Thieves+The+Real+Story+of+the+2010+Election&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bnsewub3gsok1jz959wh.jpg) ### 32. [The People's Party: Victorian Labor and the Radical Tradition, 1875-1914](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/31/the-peoples-party-victorian-labor-and-the-radical-tradition-1875-1914) Item ID: `31` - Author: Frank Bongiorno - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+People+s+Party+Victorian+Labor+and+the+Radical+Tradition+1875+1914&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rhnjfoebvneqovq2zomm.jpg) ### 33. [The Political Bubble](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/32/the-political-bubble) Item ID: `32` - Author: Mark Latham - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Political+Bubble&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dcsedooapbztrc3vfiem.jpg) ### 34. [The Professionals: Strategy, Money and the Rise of the Political Campaigner in Australia](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/33/the-professionals-strategy-money-and-the-rise-of-the-political-campaigner-in-australia) Item ID: `33` - Author: Stephen Mills - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Professionals+Strategy+Money+and+the+Rise+of+the+Political+Campaigner+in+Australia&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/v4rlaw1uqk7uuijguovo.jpg) ### 35. [The Rise and Fall of Australia](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/34/the-rise-and-fall-of-australia) Item ID: `34` - Author: Nick Bryant - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Rise+and+Fall+of+Australia&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/at8yyvxqisfwqbj4jzzo.jpg) ### 36. [The Whitlam Government 1972 1975](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/35/the-whitlam-government-1972-1975) Item ID: `35` - Author: Gough Whitlam - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Whitlam+Government+1972+1975&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ksz1xfvvc47jvaxfrggf.jpg) ### 37. [The Whitlam Mob](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/36/the-whitlam-mob) Item ID: `36` - Author: Mungo MacCallum - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Whitlam+Mob&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/xhfnox2wvlpa2wnw8okb.jpg) ### 38. [Tony Windsor: The Biography](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/37/tony-windsor-the-biography) Item ID: `37` - Author: Ruth Rae - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Tony+Windsor+The+Biography&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bufvt2c7ymcypvjbvfn1.jpg) ### 39. [Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's Interrupted Revolution](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/38/unfinished-business-paul-keatings-interrupted-revolution) Item ID: `38` - Author: David Love - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Unfinished+Business+Paul+Keating+s+Interrupted+Revolution&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/axkzymxpzpobntn5hcsy.jpg) ### 40. [Whatever It Takes](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/39/whatever-it-takes) Item ID: `39` - Author: Graham Richardson - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Whatever+It+Takes&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dgwavn9jswmlrlbrpgxd.jpg) ### 41. [\[empty primary field\]](https://listium.com/@WilliamT/2667/best-books-about-australian-politics/40/) Item ID: `40` - Author: - - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vpxosmlx3gswgfsehrqr.jpg)