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Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and The Lucky CountryIn Australian Story, Mungo MacCallum investigates the political success of Kevin Rudd. What does he know about Australia that his opponents don’t? This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the government and the country. MacCallum argues that the things we used to rely on are not there anymore. On the Right, the blind faith in markets has recently collapsed. The Left lost its guiding light with the demise of the socialist dream.In entertaining fashion, MacCallum dissects the myths that made Australia: the idea of the Lucky Country, with endless pastures, a workingman’s paradise, a new Britannia, and more. In newly uncertain times, MacCallum argues, Rudd has sought to tap into these myths, in the process reclaiming them from John Howard.Australian Story is both a canny assessment of the Rudd government’s election-winning approach and a broader meditation on the nation’s core traditions at a time of major change and challenge.Mungo MacCallum is the author of Quarterly Essay 5: Girt By Sea – Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear. He has long been one of Australia’s most influential and

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Author

Mungo MacCallum; Robert Manne

Publisher

Quarterly Essay Australia

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781863954570

Category

biography

Subjects

Political Science, Memoir, Government & Politics

Rating

3.65 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14