Tales from the political trenches / Maxine McKew.
Publisher: Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press, 2012Description: vi, 250 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780522862218 (pbk.)
- 1953-
- Australian Labor Party
- Australian Labor Party -- Biography
- Australian Labor Party
- Australian Labor Party
- Australian Labor Party -- Biography
- Political science
- Women -- Political activity -- Australia
- Journalists
- Politics and government
- Politicians
- Women journalists
- Women -- Political activity
- Women politicians
- Women politicians -- Australia
- Politicians -- Australia -- Biography
- Politicians -- Australia
- Journalists -- Australia -- Biography
- Women journalists -- Australia -- Biography
- Women politicians -- Australia -- Biography
- Politicians -- Australia -- Biography
- Women -- Political activity -- Australia -- Biography
- Journalists -- Australia -- Biography
- Women journalists -- Australia -- Biography
- Australia -- Politics and government -- Biography
- Australia
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 2001-
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 2001- -- Biography
- ALP
- Political conditions
- Members
- Journalists
- Election, Federal, 2007
- Election, Federal, 2010
- Bennelong (Electorate)
- Election campaigning
- Gillard, Julia
- Political leadership
- Party leadership
- Howard, John, (former PM)
- Political change
- Biography
- Rudd, Kevin
- Rudd, Kevin, MP
- McKew, Maxine
- Former Members
- Women Members
- Australian
- 324.2092
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks | 324.2092 MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | 67614 |
Special collection: Parliamentary Authors.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250)
Machine generated contents note: 1.It's a Contest of Ideas -- 2.It's All Political... -- 3.Don't Think You Can Beat a Prime Minister -- 4.Great Expectations -- 5.The Grand, the Bad and Everything In Between -- 6.Not Just Child's Play -- 7.Pennies from Kevin -- 8.Ambush -- 9.The `Traditional Owners' Fight Back -- 10.Back to Bennelong -- 11.A Torrent of Tears.
At the 2007 federal election former journalist Maxine McKew won a spectacular victory against John Howard and wrote herself into Australian political history as only the second candidate to have ever defeated a sitting prime minister in his constituency seat.
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