The Curious Story of Malcolm Turnbull, the Incredible Shrinking Man in the Top Hat.

Cover -- Praise -- About the author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Bligh Mutiny (2015 remix) -- 1 Be careful what you wish for... -- 2 The cat in the top hat comes back -- 3 Good government starts today (slight return) -- 4 No sniping, no undermining -- or the return of the Captain -- 5 The rise of the DelCons -- 6 Once, twice, three times an ex-minister -- 7 Love and (exclusively straight) marriage, AKA the right to be a bigot, redux -- 8 Bounceback Bill -- 9 Senate voting reformapalooza, or how do you solve a problem like the crossbench? -- 10 The Morrison gambit -- 11 The road to double dissolution -- 12 Putting the tension in offshore detention -- 13 The return of One Nation -- 14 Arthur, he does what he pleases... -- 15 The geese of the campaign -- 16 The election campaign, or a nation says, 'meh' -- 17 Walking through the rubble -- 18 The balance of power goes weird -- Epilogue: Welcome to the new normal -- Acknowledgements.

A hilarious and deeply irreverent take on the political life and times of our twenty-ninth prime minister and his stumbling government.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.