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ISBN | 9781760640859 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Bib. Info | xii, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. |
Categories | DU - Oceania (South Seas) |
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A revelatory portrait of one of the most talented, poised and respected Australian politicians, written by one of Australia’s foremost biographers. 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 Penny Wong, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons traces her story: from her early life in Malaysia, to her student activism in Adelaide, to her time in the turbulent Rudd and Gillard governments, to her key role as a voice of reason in the polarising campaign to legalise same-sex marriage. What emerges is a picture of a leader for modern Australia, a cool-headed and cautious yet charismatic figure of piercing intelligence, with a family history linking back to Australia’s colonial settlers and to the Asia-Pacific. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Penny Wong and her Labor colleagues, parliamentary opponents, and close friends and family, this is a scintillating insight into an Australian politician without precedence. Wong, Penny. | Wong, Penny -- Family. | Australian Labor Party -- Biography. | Asians -- Australia -- Biography. | Politicians -- Australia -- Biography. | Legislators -- Australia -- Biography. | Women legislators -- Australia -- Biography. | Gay activists -- Australia -- Biography. | Lesbians -- Australia -- Biography.