The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister of Australia, launched Gerard Henderson’s Santamaria: A Most Unusual Man (MUP) on Thursday 30 July 2015 at the Melbourne offices of Arnold Bloch Leibler. The Prime Minister was introduced by the event’s host, Mark Leibler AC and MUP CEO and Publisher-in-Chief Louise Adler spoke on behalf of MUP. [...]
Much has been written about BA (Bob) Santamaria – and much has been both exaggerated and misunderstood. Political commentator and executive director of The Sydney Institute Gerard Henderson – author of the just released Santamaria – A Most Unusual Man – sees ten myths that need to be demolished about this pervasive figure of Australian [...]
The Hon Chris Bowen MP is the Member for McMahon and shadow Treasurer. He is one of the federal opposition’s most experienced shadow front benchers and effective parliamentary operators. After serving in a number of portfolios in the Rudd-Gillard governments, in June 2013, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Chris Bowen as Treasurer. In 2015, Chris [...]
Indian born and Bathurst (NSW) raised from the age of eight months, Australian journalist Latika Bourke grew - happily settled and loved - in a large Australian family of three adopted children from India and five naturally born to parents Penny and John Bourke. Latika Bourke never questioned her Australian identity and was even adamant [...]
Australia’s economy has been built on the back of foreign capital – alone among nations advanced or emerging, we have been able to run deficits with the world throughout our history precisely because foreigners are so keen to invest here. In his just published Takeover – Foreign Investment and the Australian Psyche, Economics editor of [...]
Australian columnist and commentator Greg Sheridan's early life saw him become intimate friends and colleagues with a fascinating list of people who went on to be part of Australia's political leadership. Sheridan’s 2015 memoir, When We Were Young and Foolish, traces Sheridan's determined and passionate journey from an underprivileged but emotionally rich childhood in Sydney's [...]
