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Rogue Nation

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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Reporting from the backrooms and corridors of Parliament House in Canberra to the streets of post-industrial Burnie in Tasmania, the struggling rural communities of Gippsland and the Queensland heartland, Royce Kurmelovs captures with perceptive, real-time analysis the rise of Australian populism. The people and places he profiles tell the story of those independent political figures who have tried to take power from the outside and those who feel abandoned by both the left and right of politics. Overshadowing it all is the controversial figure of Pauline Hanson, a woman who came back from oblivion to become a powerbroker just as the country breathlessly watched the election of Donald Trump and wondered whether the same could happen here. ROGUE NATION is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what is happening to politics in this country, and what the future might hold.

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0733639240

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Slick

Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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Slick

Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil

By: Royce Kurmelovs

A riveting expose of the global oil industry' s multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to address environmental devastation. Researched and written by one of Australia' s most fearless investigative journalists, Slick reveals how the US petroleum industry was warned about its environmental impacts back in the 1950s and yet went on to build the Australian oil industry, which in turn tried to drill the Great Barrier Reef, sought to strongarm governments, and joined a global effort to bury the science of climate change and delay action despite knowing the harms it would cause. Slick also tells the stories of fire and flood survivors, as well as of the activists engaged in a high-risk fight for the future of Australia and of the efforts being made to save ourselves from catastrophe. In this superb, in-depth work of journalism, Royce Kurmelovs provides an on-the-ground examination of how the fossil fuel industry captured Australia, and outlines what' s at stake for the survival of the planet and our democracy.

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702269867

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9780702269868

Boom and Bust

The rise and fall of the mining industry, greed and the impact on everyday Australians

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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Boom and Bust

The rise and fall of the mining industry, greed and the impact on everyday Australians

By: Royce Kurmelovs

This is a cautionary tale. About greed, irresponsibility and failing to learn from the past. Australia's mining boom is still talked about with a sense of awe. This once-in-a-lifetime event capped off 25 straight years of economic growth. Thanks to mining we sidestepped the worst of the Global Financial Crisis. To the rest of the world Australia was an economic miracle. And then the boom ended. Now Australia is grappling with what that means at a time of rising economic inequality and political upheaval. The end of the boom isn't about money - it's about people. Boom and Bust looks at what happens to those who came into vast wealth only to watch it dry up. To those who thought they had a good job for life, but didn't. The bust didn't just happen on stock-market screens - it was lived, and is still being lived right now, in dusty towns and cities all around the country. As he did in his bestselling book The Death of Holden, Royce Kurmelovs reveals the reality behind the headlines. Boom and Bust is a dirt-under-the-nails look at the winners, the losers and the impact of the boom that wasn't meant to end. This is a book all Australians should read. 'Brilliant and powerful' Nick Xenophon on Royce Kurmelovs' THE DEATH OF HOLDEN

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Hachette Australia

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0733638732

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9780733638732

Just Money

Misadventures in the Great Australian Debt Trap

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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Just Money

Misadventures in the Great Australian Debt Trap

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The debt business is booming. Millions of Australians grapple with credit cards, mortgages and student debt repayments each day. As the result of a car crash without insurance, investigative journalist Royce Kurmelovs finds himself among them. When a debt collector knocks on his door, he embarks on a journey through the underbelly of the Australian financial system. Though friends tell him not to worry, that it's 'just money', he learns the opposite is true, our relationship with debt is a convergence of class and power, making it an urgent social justice issue for a growing number of people. Just Money is a timely and important book that reveals how years of political opportunism and rapacious business practices in the 'Lucky Country' have forged a nation that is leaving the next generation to pick up the tab.

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0702263958

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Rogue Nation

Fascinating, relevant, compelling – the one book about Australian politics you must read

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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Rogue Nation

Fascinating, relevant, compelling – the one book about Australian politics you must read

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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Hachette Australia

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0733639259

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9780733639258

Boom and Bust

The rise and fall of the mining industry, greed and the impact on everyday Australians

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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The rise and fall of the mining industry, greed and the impact on everyday Australians

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Slick

Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil

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The Death of Holden

The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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The Death of Holden

The bestselling account of the decline of Australian manufacturing

By: Royce Kurmelovs

Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another). The closure of the Holden factory in Adelaide is not just the end of a business - it's the end of an era, of a story, and of a great Australian dream. When Holden signalled that it would close its Adelaide factory, it struck at the very heart of Australian identity. Holden is our car made on our shores. It's the choice of patriotic rev heads and suburban drivers alike. How could a car that was so beloved - and so popular - be so unprofitable to make? The story of the collapse of Holden is about the people who make and drive the cars; it's about sustaining industry in Australia; it's about communities of workers and what happens when the work dries up. And if it's not quite about the death of an icon - because Holdens will remain on Australian roads for a long time to come - then it's about what happens when an icon falls to knees in front of a whole nation. 'Brilliant and powerful' Nick Xenophon

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0733635792

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The Death of Holden

The End of an Australian Dream

By: Royce Kurmelovs

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The Death of Holden

The End of an Australian Dream

By: Royce Kurmelovs

An extraordinary account of the impending closure of the Holden factory in Adelaide. More than the end of a business - it's the end of an era, of a story, and of a great Australian dream. When Holden signalled that it would close its Adelaide factory, it struck at the very heart of Australian identity. Holden is our car made on our shores. It's the choice of patriotic rev heads and suburban drivers alike. How could a car that was so beloved - and so popular - be so unprofitable to make? The story of the collapse of Holden is about the people who make and drive the cars; it's about sustaining industry in Australia; it's about communities of workers and what happens when the work dries up. And if it's not quite about the death of an icon - because Holdens will remain on Australian roads for a long time to come - then it's about what happens when an icon falls to its knees in front of a whole nation. This updated edition features a new chapter. 'Brilliant and powerful' Nick Xenophon

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0733638821

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Book's by Royce Kurmelovs

Rogue Nation

Rogue Nation

Slick

Slick

Boom and Bust

Boom and Bust

Just Money

Just Money

Rogue Nation

Rogue Nation

Boom and Bust

Boom and Bust

Slick

Slick

The Death of Holden

The Death of Holden

The Death of Holden

The Death of Holden

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