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A Matter of Taste
The Cubbies
A Long March
Cathy Goes to Canberra
The AI (Re)volution
Race Mathews
Inspiring Change
A Matter of Taste

The Australian Women’s Weekly and Its Influence on Australian Food Culture

Lauren Samuelsson

A Matter of Taste
The Cubbies

The Battle for Australia's First Adventure Playground

Joan Healey

This is the rollicking tale of Australia’s first true adventure playground, when children were allowed to use a patch of public land as their own backyard, to play in freely as they wished, not as adults directed them.

The Cubbies
Housing
The great Australian right
Kevin Bell
Reimagines ‘the great Australian dream’ of housing as ‘the great Australian right’ to housing

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A Long March

The journey of a Labor factional heavyweight, from the rank and file to the cabinet room.

Kim Carr

‘Kim Carr was a dominant figure in politics – a lion of the Left, and the eventual father of the Senate. His ‘long march’ covers three decades of Labor history, from the trenches to the cabinet table. A fascinating journey that reveals the heart of the lion.’ Steve Bracks

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Cathy Goes to Canberra

Doing Politics Differently (Revised and Updated)

Cathy McGowan

A manifesto for an alternative community-based politics

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The AI (Re)volution

By Associate Professor Jessica Russ-Smith and Professor Michelle D. Lazarus

How can we walk along the path already led by First Nations communities to generate technology that is supportive of, and not at odds with, all life?

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Race Mathews

A Life in Politics

Iola Mathews

‘Race Mathews reminds us of the very best in a politician and the possibilities of progressive politics. This marvellous biography will renew your faith in both.’
Jenny Hocking AM, Gough Whitlam’s award-winning biographer

Race Mathews
Retelling Australia’s Water Story
Quentin Grafton
Quentin Grafton explains how, from 1788 onwards, those in power have treated fresh water as a resource to be exploited rather than cared for.
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Our National Crisis
Violence Against Women and Children
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Kate Fitz-Gibbon explains why violence against women and children is not a series of isolated incidents but a pervasive, systemic issue.

Our National Crisis
No One Knows Their Destiny

The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story

Tonia Eckfeld

A moving portrait of two Dunera Boys, from Kristallnacht in Vienna to VE Day in Melbourne, that complicates the traditional story of the Dunera.

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    Lauren Samuelsson
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    Kim Carr
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    Associate Professor Jessica Russ-Smith and Professor Michelle D Lazarus
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    Cathy McGowan
  • Our National Crisis

    Kate Fitz-Gibbon
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    Quentin Grafton
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    Iola Mathews
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