In the latest edition of Crossing the Floor, Bernard Keane explores the sudden outbreak of Aussie political writing last week, including Wilson Tuckey’s email rant against Turnbull, Tony ‘rent-a-quote’ Abbott’s snazzy new book and Rudd’s 6000 words of what Rudd himself calls ‘his mediocre prose’.
The rise of the politician writer
Bernard Keane eyes the sudden outbreak of political writing: Wilson Tuckey's email rant, Tony "rent-a-quote" Abbott's new book and Rudd's 6000 words of what the man himself calls "his mediocre prose".
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Bernard Keane is Crikey's political editor. Before that he was Crikey's Canberra press gallery correspondent, covering politics, national security and economics.
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