{"product_id":"bulldozed-9781922585981","title":"Bulldozed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 ABIA GENERAL NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The gripping inside story of how Scott Morrison went from miracle man to roadkill. Savva portrays a fatally flawed leader who trashed his government, his party, and his legacy.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e—Laurie Oakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott begat Malcolm Turnbull, who begat Scott Morrison. For nine long years, Australia was governed by a succession of Coalition governments rocked by instability and bloodletting, and consumed with prosecuting climate and culture wars while neglecting policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end, among his detractors—and there were plenty—Morrison was seen as the worst prime minister since Billy McMahon. Worse even than Tony Abbott, who lasted a scant two years in the job, whose main legacy was that he destroyed Julia Gillard, then himself, and then Turnbull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorrison failed to accept the mantle of national leadership, or to deal adequately with the challenges of natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. He thought reform was a vanity project. He said he never wanted to leave a legacy. He got his wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNiki Savva, Australia’s renowned political commentator, author, and columnist, was there for all of it. In \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e, she revealed the ruinous behavior of former prime minister Abbott and his chief of staff, Peta Credlin, that led to the ascension of Turnbull. In \u003cem\u003ePlots and Prayers\u003c\/em\u003e, she told the inside story of the coup that overthrew Turnbull and installed his conniving successor, Morrison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow she lays out the final unravelling of the Coalition at the hands of a resurgent Labor and the so-called teal independents that culminated in the historic 2022 election. With her typical access to key players, and her riveting accounts of what went on behind the scenes, \u003cem\u003eBulldozed\u003c\/em\u003e is the unique final volume of an unputdownable and impeccably sourced political trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’\u003c\/strong\u003e Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019, on the Black Summer bushfires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘It’s not a race.’\u003c\/strong\u003e Scott Morrison, 11 March 2021, on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niki Savva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291206267131,"sku":"9781922585981","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781922585981_ce1ac46d-0c10-4629-8601-cd4a90d7aebe.jpg?v=1772488042","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/bulldozed-9781922585981","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}