{"product_id":"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":"Scribe Publications |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-09-15","offer_id":44230082330879,"sku":"9781922585981","price":32.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aac8b20d-87ad-4f65-ad12-c24d060b8ff7.jpg?v=1693003283","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781922585981","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}