| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Preface; The Rudd Removal; In Between Times: 2010 to 2013; The 2013 Diaries; The Rudd Return; Week 1: Getting Started; Week 2: Settling into Government; Week 3: Laying the Cornerstones for the Campaign; Week 4: Carbon Tax Axed, but FBT Rears Its Head; Week 5: The Party Is Reformed; Week 6: Final Preparations Before Calling the Election; Week 7: The Campaign Kicks Off; Week 8: Ill Discipline in the Campaign; Week 9: News Corp Turns Up the Heat; Week 10: The Campaign Focus Turns to the Costing of Promises; Week 11: Rudd Finishes the Campaign Strongly, but & Epilogue; Acknowledgements. |
| Summary |
This is a fascinating account of one of the most challenging political campaigns Australia has ever seen. From the detailed war-gaming of potential political outcomes to the nail-biting lead-up to the polls ... what really happened on that campaign trail? How did Rudd resume the prime ministership? Did his ultimate push come too late, or was saving the furniture the best the ALP could hope for? These diaries reveal the sense of urgency and the size of the hurdles to be overcome in the remarkably short time that Team Rudd was given to try to turn around the Government#x92;s fortunes. They are a r. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Australian Labor Party.
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Australian Labor Party. |
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Australia. Parliament -- Elections, 2013.
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Australia. Parliament. |
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Campaign management -- Australia.
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Campaign management. |
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Australia. |
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Political campaigns -- Australia -- 21st century.
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Political campaigns. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Political consultants -- Australia.
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Political consultants. |
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Politics, Practical.
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Politics, Practical. |
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Elections -- Australia.
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Elections. |
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 2001-
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Politics and government. |
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2001- |
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Since 2000 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hawker, Bruce. Rudd Rebellion : The Campaign to Save Labor. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, ©2013 9780522864502 |
| ISBN |
0522864503 |
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9780522864502 (electronic book) |
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