Proud to see @JessRadio, author of the 2020 Stella Prize-winning SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO and @Quarterly_Essay 84 THE RECKONING, speaking on @TheProjectTV last week.

We loved seeing @LechBlaine discuss Quarterly Essay 93 BAD COP: PETER DUTTON’S STRONGMAN POLITICS with David Marr at @GleeBooks last week.

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If @7amPodcast’s housing special The Great Housing Disaster has hit home this week, you need to read Alan Kohler’s extraordinary Quarterly Essay THE GREAT DIVIDE: AUSTRALIA’S HOUSING MESS AND HOW TO FIX IT. Read an extract online now.

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‘Dutton is as pessimistic as a Russian novelist.’

@LechBlaine discusses his @Quarterly_Essay BAD COP with @RFidler on @AbcConvos.

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anu.edu.au/events/meet-th… Tomorrow night, I’ll be in Canberra doing an ANU Meet the Author event with Mark Kenny chatting about my Quarterly Essay BAD COP

Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman.

Join Lech Blaine in conversation with Per Capita's Emma Dawson to discuss his Quarterly Essay, tomorrow at 01:00 PM AEST.

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We are LIVE for today’s webinar with Lech Blaine discussing Peter Dutton’s approach to politics with Ebony Bennett #auspol

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Who is Peter Dutton? What is his strategy? Lech Blaine explains in the latest Quarterly Essay, BAD COP. Read it online now.

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.Lech Blaine will be discussing his latest Quarterly Essay BAD COP with David Marr at gleebooks next week. One not to miss: ow.ly/HPuX50QOmW7

‘[Politicians] know that there are far more votes to be had from people who want property prices to keep going up than there are from people who want them to stop going up, or even to go down.’ - Saul Eslake

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‘By pricing our fellow citizens out of our most productive places, we don’t just deprive them of better wages; we deny our country greater wealth.’

Joseph Walker shares his response to THE GREAT DIVIDE by Alan Kohler. Read online now.

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‘The thrust of this punchy essay is that Dutton’s strongman guise is a cover for a deeply ambitious and ruthless individual who is, in fact, “small and scared”.’

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‘John Howard turned the Australian dream into a pyramid scheme. Dutton is running a protection racket for the winners. He is one of them.’

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‘In his insightful new Quarterly Essay, Blaine notes that Dutton plays up his nine-year career as a cop to appeal to everyday suburban Australians while downplaying the three decades he has spent as a very financially successful property developer.’

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‘My budget afforded me a property with a hole in the bedroom floor, some unplastered walls and one entirely inadequate heater for the frosty climate.’

nicolehaddow shares her response to THE GREAT DIVIDE by Alan Kohler. Read online now.

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‘Dutton is prepared to hurt certain groups of people to defend others. Being hated by complete strangers is the cost of winning. And beating Labor is more important than popularity.’

Read an extract from BAD COP by Lech Blaine in the Guardian Australia:

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Great to chat with Yanis Varoufakis about his book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism on 3rrrfm. That interview plus Lech Blaine on his new Quarterly Essay on 'strongman' Dutton, Spunk Records, & more on the pod: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fut…. Pls follow rate, review etc. 🙏🎧

The latest Quarterly Essay features what's described as the first in-depth look at the Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton and how his leadership is defining the coalition's fortunes.

Watch Lech Blaine discussing BAD COP with ABC News.

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Don't miss Lech Blaine and Nadine von Birmingcoham in conversation next week at Avid Reader! BAD COP is on shelves now: ow.ly/r7Kb50QSR9s

Emeritus Prof Judith Brett reviews Lech Blaine’s Quarterly Essay, 'Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics' — an in-depth profile of the leader of the Opposition, his values, and where he intends to lead the Coalition.
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