Machine rules : a political primer / Stephen Loosley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loosley, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian Labor Party--Biography.

Australian Labor Party.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2015.

Summary:

But does a powerbroker like Stephen Loosley ever leave the political word? In his candid memoir, Loosley writes about defending the indefensible, the best way to start and kill off rumours, the value of truth in campaigning, how to use humour to squash a scandal, the key to fundraising and why bullshit always comes back to smother you.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preamble: Knees up Mother Brown

1 From Laughter to Loathing

2 Too Small to Be a Republic

3 Never Be the First to Stop Applauding

4 Lord Rosebery Intervenes: the Art of Backing 29 a Winner

5 Praying for the Senators

6 Run by Apes

7 Double Tracking

8 The Vicar of Swindon and the Joys of Public Speaking

9 The Leader: EG Whitlam

10 Some Journalists are Bastards

11 Guess Again

12 The Continuing Appeal of Gold Spoons

13 'Your Honour, Given Our Respective Positions …'

14 The Legend of the Cook County Democrat: the Cemetery Vote

15 The Beauty of the Qualifying Phrase

16 Jimmy Carter's Cold Shower

17 Beating Rumours: the U-boat Strategy

18 Advise and Dissent

19 'And the Asylum Doors Clang Open'

20 Mastering the Chair

21 'Say Something in German'

22 'I Knew Thomas Jefferson': the Counterattack

23 Giving the People What They Want

24 'Not Much of a Book'

25 This Sporting Life

26 'You Gives It. You Takes It. And You Don't Fucking Grumble!'

27 The Americans

28 Three Envelopes

29 Your Family Will Thank You

Epilogue: Walking in the Snow

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780522867411

0522867413

OCLC:

904680861