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By the time he was forty-eight, Steve Bracks had achieved the goal he’d set himself nine years earlier. He was premier of Victoria. In A Premier’s State he reflects on his ambition to make a difference, and how he reached his goal. This wide-ranging, thoughtful and incisive look at Steve’s life and …

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    304 pages

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    1 August 2012

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This wide-ranging, thoughtful and incisive look at Steve Brack’s life and his career encompasses not only his thoughts on the Labor Party, but at the state of Australian politics generally, both during Steve’s time in politics and after.‘In May 1994, while I was going through pre-selection for the seat of Williamstown, I sat down at my desk at home and I wrote a note. I was thirty-nine years old and in that note I mapped out what I hoped would happen in my life.‘By the time he was forty-eight…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522860795
ISBN-10:0522860796
Author:Steve Bracks, Ellen Whinnett
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:1 August 2012
Weight:456g
Dimensions:234mm x 154mm x 22mm
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Steve Bracks

Steve Bracks joined the Australian Labor Party in 1974 and was Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. As a party elder, Steve Bracks conducted the review of the Federal ALP following the 2010 election result. He is an adviser to Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmao, chairs the superannuation fund Cbus; the industry body for subscription TV, ASTRA; and is an adviser to KPMG. He is a non-executive director of numerous non-profit and industry bodies including the Deakin (University) Foundation, the Bionics Institute, Jardine Lloyd Thomson Australia, the John Button Foundation, the Union Education Foundation and the Beirut Hellenic Bank. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Terry and their three children.Ellen Whinnett is a journalist of more than twenty years experience and now works as the deputy editor of News Ltd’s Sunday Herald Sun. She has won numerous journalism awards including a Walkley award for news reporting, and specialises in political, investigative and crime reporting. She is based in Melbourne.

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