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Instead, we've had waves of nation-building irrigation schemes and agricultural enterprises, all promoted by politicians more concerned with short-term profits than long-term sustainability.  We are now at a point of reckoning. 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Yet Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock our politics – and our country – into the fossil fuel age. This searing book takes apart the pivotal role of the Adani Carmichael mine in the conflict over coal. We see the rise of a fossil fuel power network linking mining companies, mining oligarchs, the big four banks, right-wing think tanks, lobby groups, the conservative media and all sides of Australian politics. On the other side, we have one of the biggest social movements ever seen in Australia in the form of #StopAdani uniting to try to save the Great Barrier Reef, native title rights and to fight the corrupt politics of coal. Looking into the social, environmental and economic elements of this big fight, as well as the background of Gautam Adani himself, this book tells the full story of one of the lightning rod issues of our time.   Sales Points:   The inside story of Australia’s largest and the world’s second largest proposed coal mine  Reveals the insidious power and influence of the fossil fuel lobby at all levels of government. The loser is democracy.  Comprehensive – covers all aspects of the political, economic and social sides of Adani  Shows impact of the proposed mine and resistance to it on corporations - the big 4 banks for example  The Adani campaign has had an impact on voting patterns – the recent Batman by-election in Melbourne is a good example  The proposed mine is in Queensland but the story is truly national  Author has interviewed key players including Bob Brown, Geoff Cousins, Adrian Burragubba to write an often gripping narrative  Includes background on Gautam Adani himself, and the sorry environmental record of his company in India  Combines analysis and research within a compelling – and shocking – story  Up to date – author can’t see a path by which the mine could proceed, but warns we should not be complacent  To be endorsed by legendary environmental campaigners Bob Brown and Bill McKibben  Quentin Beresford’s previous book The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd won the Tasmanian Premier’s 2015 Literary Prize and was longlisted for the Walkley Book Award. 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At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in the state of Tasmania and was its largest private landowner. Most of its profits came from woodchipping, mainly from clear-felled old-growth forests. A pulp mill in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley was central to its expansion plans. Gunns’ collapse in 2012 was a major national news story, as was the arrest of its CEO for insider trading.  Quentin Beresford illuminates for the first time the dark corners of the Gunns empire and how it was embedded in an anti-democratic and corrupt system of power supported by both main parties, business and unions. Simmering opposition to Gunns and all it stood for ramped up into an environmental campaign not seen since the Franklin Dam protests.  Fearless and forensic in its analysis, the book shows that Tasmania’s decades-long quest to industrialise nature fails every time.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51258478592273,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51258480361745,"sku":"NIN9781742234199","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52685431505169,"sku":"NLS9781742234199","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1742234194.jpg?v=1750897776"},{"product_id":"rogue-corporations-book-quentin-beresford-9781742237589","title":"Rogue Corporations","description":"Crown Casino, the Bond Group, James Hardie, HIH Insurance, Geoffrey Edelsten' s Allied Medical Group, 7 Eleven and Rio Tinto, the list goes on... Award-winning author Quentin Beresford has dissected the rise and fall of the Gunns logging company and analysed the proposed Adani mine and our greatest river system. Now he takes on Australia' s rogue corporations. In a crisis of corporate culture, the unparalleled power of Australian companies has been accompanied by an unrelenting stream of scandals -- bankruptcies, criminal charges, ethical misconduct and damage to the reputation of companies and their executives and boards. Beresford investigates corporate Australia' s highest-profile scandals, the rise of celebrity CEOs, the role of regulators, the increased pressure on boards to abide by ethical standards and the murky links between big business, governments, banks, media and lobby groups.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52339522076945,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52339522502929,"sku":"NLS9781742237589","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781742237589.jpg?v=1763222861"},{"product_id":"hooked-book-quentin-beresford-9781761170256","title":"Hooked","description":"Australians lose around $25 billion on legal forms of gambling each year, the most of any country in the world, while the industry rakes in $187 billion through poker machines, casinos and the exponential rise in sports betting.  With a cast of questionable characters, iconic corporate brands, eye-watering greed, political subterfuge and the many state and federal politicians who have sold out to the gambling industry, in Hooked Quentin Beresford exposes the underbelly of gambling in Australia.  Beresford explores how gambling expanded from a highly restricted recreational activity to a mega industry. And asks, has Big Gambling become too big to fail and too powerful to adequately regulate? What does the crisis reveal about the murky intersection between business and politics? 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