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Quarterly Essay 88: Lone Wolf
- Albanese and the New Politics
- Narrated by: Ailsa Piper
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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In this perceptive, compelling essay, Katharine Murphy offers a profile of Anthony Albanese in motion – a piece about character, the balance of forces, and the mood of the nation.
Are Albanese and his party up for change? Are Australians up for it? What does the new prime minister embody, if anything? Has the centre of the polity shifted, with the success of the Teals and the Greens? Where could – and should – the new government be ambitious?
This is an essay that draws out the meaning of an eventful political year, offers a telling portrait of the new prime minister, and looks to the challenges of the future.
Katharine Murphy has worked in Canberra’s parliamentary press gallery since 1996 for the Australian Financial Review, The Australian and The Age, before joining Guardian Australia, where she is the political editor. She won the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism in 2008 and has been a Walkley Award finalist twice. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Canberra in 2019. She is a director of the National Press Club and the author of On Disruption and Quarterly Essay: The End of Certainty.
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- Sydney 55
- 05-01-2023
Great work Katharine!
It was great to learn so much about the goings on of parliament and the players that we never get to see. I thought Albanese was simply playing ‘small target’ politics and allowing Morrison to implode. There was so much more going on!
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- Roger
- 08-01-2023
Modern political history told well
Thanks Katharine for a fine explanation of the last few years of political change in Australia. You revealed Albanese without making it all about him.
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- Prufrock
- 13-12-2022
So so good
IMO Katharine Murphy is currently the finest journalist in Australia. She’s not only insightful but a truly fine wordsmith. Bravo too to Alisa Piper whose delivery of this fine essay is flawless.
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- magiclasso
- 01-12-2022
Katherine did it again
Great and in-depth look at how politics were shaken up in 2022, by someone who certainly knows what she’s talking about. If you want to understand the new government, read this book.
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- Jim Grant
- 11-12-2022
Fascinating Story
One of our great journalists giving us a great insights into political intrigue. Great read.
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- Robert W Pickles
- 21-12-2022
Good insights into Albanese
Good insights into what makes Albanese tick. A fair deal of this has been covered in some detail in the lead up to the last election, but engaging nonetheless.
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- James M
- 11-12-2022
Awesome
Awesome Catherine Murphy nailed the subject .
I found this really useful. I hope people read this again in 3 years .
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- Anonymous User
- 29-05-2024
An interesting snapshot of Australian history.
Worth listening to, but it has no great protagonist or punchline. This is perhaps the point of the story, as the author likely prefers a cautious tone. It is hard to know what a Prime Minister is thinking, I imagine. You will learn a lot about Anthony Albanese, but you get the sense that he was fairly disinterested in explaining much to the author. In fact, Albo comes across as disinterested in general (hence the title). Maybe I am being harsh and need to re-listen to it. It seems the author had to fill gaps with speculation. Which is not to say the author did a bad job. It just makes the story of Albo’s rise to PM a little empty. Nevertheless, the story is well structured and revealing in small ways. It may prove to be a great foreshadowing of Albo’s rein.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-12-2022
fantastic insight
an unparalleled insight into the new government. peppered with some amusing first hand experiences keeps the whole thing readable.
the weight or influence on the teals is over stated. I fear primarily because thier life experience often mirrors the journalists writing about them
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- Robert
- 15-12-2022
Great insight into recent political history
Murphy shows great insight into recent political history. It is also a very good portrait of what makes the new PM, Anthony Albanese, tick.
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