Malcolm Turnbull blazed across the political firmament, but the trajectory was never smooth. In the first week of the 2004 election campaign he seemed to be in a spot of trouble, writes Brett Evans in this extract from A Win and a Prayer: Scenes from the 2004 Australian Election, published shortly after that election
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BOOKS | Brett Evans reviews Barbara Ehrenreich’s book about the dark side of positive thinking, and how it helped create the global financial crisis
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In terror of boredom, Christopher Hitchens talked to a receptive audience at the Sydney Opera House, writes Brett Evans
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A dusty day in Sydney wouldn’t have surprised Enrico Fermi, writes Brett Evans
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When the Communist Party bought a lotto ticket this week, Comrade Michael Laski inevitably sprang to mind, writes Brett Evans.
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The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne