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Party Animals

The Secret History of a Labor Fiasco

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Party Animals

By: Samantha Maiden
Narrated by: Leah McLeod
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 Secrets, lies, lawyers and covert recordings. If you thought the 2019 election was just about a death tax that didn't exist, you're in for a surprise.
From the dark arts of the dirt units to the role of billionaire Clive Palmer, this is the untold story of an election debacle.
The Labor Party was the unbeatable favourite to win the 2019 election right up until the polls closed and voters delivered the surprise verdict.

If the results staggered pundits, they also shocked Bill Shorten and his frontbench, who had spent the final weeks of the campaign carefully planning for their first days in office.
Party Animals uncovers the secret history of a Labor fiasco, the untold story behind Scott Morrison's miracle©2020 Samantha Maiden (P)2020 Penguin Random House Australia Australia & Oceania Elections & Political Process Law Oceania Politics & Government World
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This is an incredibly detailed review of what went wrong and right for Labor (and the Govt) in the lead up, and immediately following the 2019 election.

Incredibly detailed!

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A very interesting book. Goes into great detail about the 2019 election and what went wrong from a Labor standpoint. I think numerous people have hit the nail on the head, as to what went wrong, and this provides an excellent account of their views.

A good read.

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This account of an Australian Institution is well worth the read; the style of delivery is good. But oh my God the voices leave a lot to be desired. One could say type cast.

An insight

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Good book but the narrator is too fast and doing people’s accents is very distracting - I which I had just brought the hard copy. Next time the author needs to narrate her own book.

Good book, buy the hard copy instead

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Party Animals is very well researched and i recommend it to anyone with an interest in politics, regardless of their own political alignment. My only criticism is that i felt the narrator's voice mimicking of quotes to be sometimes unpleasantly patronising.

Well researched and insightful

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