Join Labor MP Chris Bowen (Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy and former Treasurer), in conversation with our Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth discussing Chris’s new book ‘Labor People: The Stories of Six True Believers’ (Monash University Publishing). Attendees will be eligible for a discounted copy of this fascinating Labor history.
Chris Bowen is one of Labor’s most experienced parliamentarians. He entered Parliament in 2004 and has held a wide range of portfolios, including being Treasurer, Shadow Treasurer, Minister for Immigration and Minister for Tertiary Education.
He served as Interim Leader of the Labor Party in 2013 and is currently Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy.
He has degrees in economics, international relations and the Indonesian language. He is the author of three previous books: Hearts and Minds (2013), The Money Men (2015) and On Charlatans (2021).
He lives in Smithfield in Western Sydney with his wife Rebecca, their children Grace and Max and two very cheeky Labradors Ollie and Toby.
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