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'Born to Rule is the unauthorised biography that unravels the many layers of the man who has just become the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.
'The highs and lows of Malcolm Turnbull's remarkable career are documented here in technicolour detail by journalist Paddy Manning. Based on countless interviews and painstaking research, it is a forensic investigation into one of Australia's most celebrated overachievers.
'Turnbull's relentless energy and quest for achievement have taken him from exclusive Point Piper to Oxford University; from beating the Thatcher government in the Spycatcher trial to losing the referendum on the republic; from defending the late Kerry Packer—codenamed Goanna—in the Costigan Royal Commission to defending his own role in the failure of HIH, Australia's biggest corporate collapse. He was involved in the unravelling of the Tourang bid for Fairfax, struck it rich as co-founder of OzEmail, and fought his own hotly contested battle for Wentworth.
As opposition leader he was duped by Godwin Grech's 'Utegate' fiasco; as the most tech-savvy communications minister he oversaw a nobbled NBN scheme. And now he has assumed the leadership of the Liberal Party for the second time after wresting the prime ministership from first-term PM Tony Abbott.
'Will Turnbull crash and burn as he has before or has his entire tumultuous life been a rehearsal for this moment?' (Publication summary)
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The Philosophy of a Billionaire : A Second Look at the Businessman Tuned Politician
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 16-17)'Future generations of readers will invariably look back in awe at the second decade of twenty-first-century Australian politics for its ridiculous revolving door of prime ministers. Personal and journalistic accounts of this rare instability – Australia had six prime ministers between 2010 and 2018 – have certainly proved a publishing bonanza. Defeated prime ministers publish memoirs as rapidly as journalists and commentators write their chronicles.' (Introduction)
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Review : Born To Rule
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2016;
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
Taken at the Flood
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
Soaring Ambition and a Streak of Hubris
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 December 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
Irresistible Rise of a Boy with Bravado
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26-27) The Saturday Age , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography
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Irresistible Rise of a Boy with Bravado
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26-27) The Saturday Age , 28-29 November 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
Soaring Ambition and a Streak of Hubris
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 December 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
Taken at the Flood
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
Review : Born To Rule
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2016;
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
He's Not the Messiah ...
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , December 2015;
— Review of Born to Rule : The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull 2015 single work biography -
The Philosophy of a Billionaire : A Second Look at the Businessman Tuned Politician
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 16-17)'Future generations of readers will invariably look back in awe at the second decade of twenty-first-century Australian politics for its ridiculous revolving door of prime ministers. Personal and journalistic accounts of this rare instability – Australia had six prime ministers between 2010 and 2018 – have certainly proved a publishing bonanza. Defeated prime ministers publish memoirs as rapidly as journalists and commentators write their chronicles.' (Introduction)