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Faith, Power And Money by Simons, Margaret
Category: Politics
"Pentecostal religion is the fastest-growing religion in Australia - recording a huge growth at a time when more traditional Christian congregations are shrinking. Award-winning author and journalist Margaret Simons explores the rise of the religious right in Australia, and in particular the influence o ...Show more
Journalism At The Crossroads by Margaret Simons
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Our mainstream press is in crisis, and the future of journalism is uncertain. In response to plunging sales and profitability, and an inexorable increase in online and social-media platforms, the Fairfax and News Limited organisations have embarked on major cost-cutting and restructuring exercises. Hund ...Show more
Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons
Category: Biography
Plucked from an orphanage as an infant, Kerry Stokes grew up in the slums and streets of post-Depression Melbourne with his itinerant, adoptive parents. As a boy he trapped, skinned and sold rabbits to make ends meet, and seemed destined to a life of hardship and poverty. Today Stokes is one of Australi ...Show more
Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons
Category: Biography
The fascinating story behind the rabbits-to-riches ascendancy of one of Australia's most powerful men. Plucked from an orphanage as an infant, Kerry Stokes grew up in the slums and streets of post-Depression Melbourne with his itinerant adoptive parents. As a boy he trapped, skinned and sold rabbits to ...Show more
Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs by Margaret Simons; Malcolm Fraser
Category: Politics
Part memoir and part authorized biography, this account chronicles the life and governmental record of one of Australia's most interesting and possibly most misunderstood prime ministers--Malcolm Fraser. Tracing the story of a shy boy who grew to become one of the most persistent, insistent, and controv ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion And Principle - The Biography by Margaret Simons
Category: History
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from workplace relations to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide. In this first-ever biography of Penny Wong, a ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons
Category: Biography
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from climate change to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide.In this first-ever biography of Wong, acclaimed jou ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 15: Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders by Margaret Simons; Chris Feik (Editor)
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In the third Quarterly Essay of 2004, Margaret Simons takes a long hard look at Mark Latham, the self-proclaimed 'club buster' and the man who would be prime minister. Few doubt Latham's intelligence and ambition, but what will this amount to in government? Simons argues that if Labor is elected, it wil ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 77: Cry Me a River, The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin by Margaret Simons by Margaret Simons
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Quarterly Essay
The Murray-Darling Basin is the food bowl of Australia, and it's in trouble. What does this mean for the future - for water and food, and for the people and towns that depend on it? In this Quarterly Essay, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons takes a trip through the basin, all the way from Queensland ...Show more
Resurrection in a Bucket : Rich & Fertile Story of Compost by Margaret Simons
Category: Home and Garden
One woman's slightly obsessed search for the history and meaning of compost.Say the word 'compost' at any social gathering and chances are you'll get a lively discussion. There might be a couple of faintly apologetic people who can't compost due to domestic circumstances, or a few who feign compliance o ...Show more