The Powerbroker by Michael Gawenda

The Powerbroker by Michael Gawenda

From the ashes of the darkest event in human history, Australian Jews built a thriving community, one with proportionally more Holocaust survivors than anywhere else in the world bar Israel. Mark Leibler grew up in this community, and in time became a leader of it. This book shows how Leibler rose to a position of immense influence in Australian public life by skilfully entwining his roles as a Zionist leader and a tax lawyer to some of the country's richest people. The book vividly paints a cast of Australian characters--among them Paul Keating, John Howard, Julia Gillard and Noel Pearson--who came to know Leibler and to call him a friend, along with people like Kevin Rudd and Bob Carr, who see Leibler as no friend at all. Finally, the book charts the surprise turn in Leibler's life, when a social and political conservative became a committed advocate for radical reform on behalf of Australia's Indigenous people. This many-layered book is a portrait of Jewish life in Australia, of the interaction between private wealth and politics, and of a man whose energy, formidable work habits and forcefulness that often tips into pugnacity have made him a highly effective player in Australian affairs.

Michael Gawenda is a former editor-in-chief of The Age and a former editor of Time (Australia). He is the Washington reporter for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He has won the Walkley Award many times, Australia's most distinguished journalism award. He currently resides in Washington, DC.

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ISBN 13	9781925835809
ISBN 10	1925835804
Title	The Powerbroker
Author	Michael Gawenda
Series	Biography Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Monash University Publishing
Year published	2020-07-20
Number of pages	280
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