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Tim Colebatch

Letters to the Editor - December 2015

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December 2015, no. 377

'BATSHIT BORING BOOKS'

Tim Colebatch's review of my book Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power (November 2015) quotes a comment I made to

Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power by Joel Deane

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November 2015, no. 376
Tim Colebatch reviews 'Catch and Kill' by Joel Deane

Since 1980, Victoria has become a natural Labor state. It has seen twenty-three federal and state elections in that time, and Labor has won seventeen of them. The Coalition has won just three state elections in thirty-five years, and a majority of Victoria's seats at just three of the last thirteen federal elections.

It is a stunning reversal of roles. For i ...

Paul Keating: The Biography by David Day

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April 2015, no. 370
Tim Colebatch reviews 'Paul Keating' by David Day

Paul Keating has an enduring allure. He has been out of politics since 1996, yet in the past year or so we have seen the ABC screen an unprecedented series of four one-hour interviews with him by an unusually respectful Kerry O’Brien; a book of his sayings still sells well, his speeches and pronouncements receive wide publicity, and now historian David Day has giv ...