Clivosaurus : the politics of Clive Palmer / Guy Rundle.
Series: Quarterly essay (Melbourne, Vic.) ; issue 56.Publication details: Collingwood, VIC : Black Inc., [2014]Description: 116 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781863957014
- QE 56 2014 [Running title]
- Palmer, Clive
- Palmer, Clive Frederick -- Political and social views
- Palmer, Clive -- Political and social views
- Palmer, Clive Frederick
- Palmer United Party
- Businesspeople -- Australia -- Biography
- Businessmen -- Australia
- Billionaires -- Australia
- Conservatism -- Australia
- Businessmen -- Australia -- Biography
- Billionaires -- Australia -- Biography
- Australia -- Politics and governmen -- 21st century
- Gold Coast (Qld.) -- Politics and government
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- Australian
- 324.294094 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Magazine | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Magazines | QE 56 | Nov 2014 | Available | Clivosaurus by Guy Rundle | 058657 |
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Includes correspondence : A rightful place / Megan Davis, Rachel Perkins, Celeste Liddle, John Hirst, Henry Reynolds, Peter Sutton, Paul Kelly, Robert Manne, Fred Chaney.
Who is Clive Palmer, and what does his ascent say about Australia's creaking political system? In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, examining his rise to prominence, his beliefs, his deals and his politics - not to mention his poetry. Rundle shows that neither the government nor the media have been able to take Palmer's measure. Convinced they face a self-interested clown, they have failed to recognise both his tactical flexibility and the consistency of his centre-right politics. This is a story about the Gold Coast, money in politics, Canberra's detached political caste and the meaning of Palmer's motley crew. Above all, it is a brilliantly entertaining portrait of 'the man at the centre of a perfect storm for Australian democracy, a captain steering his vessel artfully in the whirlpool.
