From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage

‘This is the story of a young democracy that is unique. A thrilling and valuable book.’ * Annabel Crabb *
‘This book unravels mysteries, and explains the quirks and triumphs of Australia. It answers questions you didn’t even know you had. I learned something on every page.’ * Waleed Aly *
‘This absorbing book explains a century-old institution, how it came to be, and how it survives.’ * Antony Green *
‘Brett’s writing is capable of extraordinary clarity, insight and compassion.’ * Monthly *
‘Magnificent…an excellent, fast-moving narrative establishing how Australia became one of the world’s pre-eminent democracies.’ * Weekend Australian *
‘As Brett’s splendid book reminds us, the fundamentals of our electoral system should make us all proud.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
‘A tremendous piece of work.’ * ABC Radio National: Minefield *
‘[A] brief but seriously compelling history of how we do democracy… riveting.’ * Courier Mail *
‘[Brett’s] fascinating story of how we vote also discloses larger truths about what we are like as a people.’ * Australian Book Review *

Judith Brett is a political historian and biographer and emeritus professor of politics at La Trobe University.

Among her books are:

• Robert Menzies’ Forgotten People: Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class
• The Enigmatic Mr Deakin, which won the 2018 National Biography Award
• From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage, which was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award

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