- Title:
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Plagued (MP3)
- Written by:
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Geoff Chambers; Simon Benson
- Read by:
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Jason Chong
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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12 hours 9 minutes
- MP3 size:
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526 MB
- Published:
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October 01 2022
- Available Date:
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October 01 2022
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038619952
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian; Current Affairs & Politics; World
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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This is the inside story of how a tight band of Australian politicians and public officials confronted a rolling series of challenges and setbacks that no modern government has ever been forced to face. Plagued reveals how the critical decisions were made, decisions that forever changed the nation’s place in the world.
In early 2020, COVID-19 breached Australian shores, triggering twin crises: health and economic. The nation had not endured trials of this scale and impact since the Spanish flu and the Great Depression.
Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers – two of Australia’s top political journalists – were granted exclusive access to the crucial machinations of government at the country’s highest levels, not just within the corridors of power but also behind doors normally sealed. They delve into the depths of power and the cabinet room to reveal how decisions that would change the course of Australian history were actually made, but which did not prevent the federal government’s crushing defeat in the 2022 election.
Plagued chronicles a period of upheaval punctuated by the pandemic, natural disasters and political scandals within a world becoming more precarious with the rise of autocracy. It is a story of profound political intrigue, one in which Australia, its politicians, public servants and institutions were tested like in no other period in modern memory.