Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop: Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics (Unabridged) Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop: Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics (Unabridged)

Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop: Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics (Unabridged‪)‬

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Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition, from property investor to minister for Home Affairs. This is a story of ambition, race and power, and a politician with a plan.

Dutton became Liberal leader with a strategy to win outer-suburban and regional seats from Labor. Since then we have seen his demolition of the Voice and a rolling campaign of culture wars. What does Peter Dutton know about the Australian electorate? Has he updated Menzies’ Forgotten People pitch for the age of anxiety, or will he collapse the Liberals’ broad church? This revelatory portrait is sardonic, perceptive and altogether compelling.

“Dutton doesn't need to become prime minister to redraw the battle lines of Australian politics. His fight with Albanese over parochial voters was always going to drag the political conversation rightwards: on race, immigration, gender and the pace of a transition away from fossil fuels … Dutton’s raison d’être? Make Australia Afraid Again. Then he will offer himself as the lesser of two evils. A serious strongman for the age of anxiety.”—Lech Blaine, Bad Cop.

GENRE
Biography
NARRATOR
AM
Angus McGruther
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
04:39
hr min
RELEASED
2024
9 April
PUBLISHER
Audible Studios
PRESENTED BY
Audible.co.uk
SIZE
232.9
MB
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