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9781742238180

Hazzard and Harrower: The letters

Edited by Brigitta Olubas, Susan Wyndham

Two extraordinary writers, one difficult mother and a vanished literary world.

9781742238074

Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book

Australia’s leading beach scientist shares everything you need to know about how beaches work and how to swim safely, with examples from Australia and across the globe.

9781742238111

Everything You Need to Know about the Voice

Megan Davis, George Williams

Australians will soon be faced with an important choice. Will they vote Yes to change our nation’s Constitution to introduce an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice? Or will they vote No and bring the recognition process to a halt and, along with it, the aspirations of an overwhelming number of Australia’s first peoples? The stakes could not be higher.

9781742237671

Dark Winter: An insider’s guide to pandemics and biosecurity

Raina MacIntyre

World-renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.

The Plant Thieves: Secrets of the herbarium

Prudence Gibson

The Plant Thieves reveals remarkable stories from the National Herbarium of New South Wales – its people, its archives and its most guarded specimens.

9781742237794

Sydney Harbour: A History, new edition

Award-winning historian Ian Hoskins revisits Sydney’s glittering harbour and the people who inhabited and shaped it in this updated edition.

9781742236230

Born of Fire and Ash: Australian operations in response to the East Timor crisis 1999–2000

Craig Stockings

The first volume in the landmark Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor, Born of Fire and Ash is an honest, challenging and compelling account of the 1999–2000 East Timor crisis and Australia’s response to it.

9780868409061

No Country is an Island: Australia and International Law

Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam, Devika Hovell, George Williams

People Power: The history and the future of the referendum in Australia

People Power: The history and the future of the referendum in Australia

George Williams, David Hume

From the failed attempt to ban communism in 1951 to the unsuccessful republican referendum of 1999, Australians have been cautious about constitutional change, approving only eight out of 44 referendum proposals in just over 100 years – a success rate of about 18%. People Power

Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials

Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity, George Williams

Most tellingly, the book asks whether seeing these anti-terror laws as normal is a danger in itself.

9781742237404

Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Megan Davis, George Williams

Essential reading on how our Constitution was drafted, what the 1967 referendum achieved, and the lead-up and response to the Uluru Statement.

Everything you Need to Know About the Referendum to Recognise Indigenous Australians

Megan Davis, George Williams

This book explains everything that Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution.

A Charter of Rights for Australia

George Williams, Daniel Reynolds

Australia does not have a bill or charter of rights, which means there is no comprehensive law that enshrines human rights in Australia – even though these laws are standard in the rest of the developed world. So what does this mean for the rights of Australian citizens?

Artificial Intimacy

Top evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks offers an innovative perspective on human behaviour, AI technologies and the future of sex.

9781742231600

Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll: How evolution has shaped the modern world

Why are people getting fatter? Why do so many rock stars end up dead at 27?

Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change

Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change

Mark Diesendorf

This book is a call to action on climate change, filled with clear and detailed information on the strategies we need to adopt to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. Unlike other books on the subject, it brings together both the technology and policy issues to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach.

Running the City

Felicity Fenner

Leading Australian curator Felicity Fenner profiles activity-based and pop-up contemporary public art projects from Australia and around the globe. Running the City explores art projects that bring together diverse disciplines and cultures – including running, cycling, architecture, and guerilla gardening.

The Ascent to Power, 1996

Edited by Tom Frame

The Ascent to Power, 1996 takes a critical look at the Howard Government's rise to power; its policies and priorities, successes and shortcomings in what Paul Kelly calls the 'foundational year'.

Back from the Brink, 1997-2001

Edited by Tom Frame

The years 1997–2001 were eventful ones for the Howard Government. This second volume of the Howard Government series explores these tumultuous years.

Trials and Transformations, 2001-2004

Edited by Tom Frame

Few periods in Australian political history have generated more controversy than 2001–2004.

The Desire for Change, 2004-2007

Edited by Tom Frame

The Liberal-National Party Coalition was elected to office on 2 March 1996 and continued in power until 3 December 2007 making John Howard the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister. This book is the final in a four-volume series examining the four Howard Governments.

Edited by Tom Frame

This collection of essays from ex-soldiers, military historians, chaplains and psychologists examines the unseen wounds sustained by Australians deployed to armed conflict, peacekeeping missions, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Edited by Tom Frame

Helping neighbours and partners stabilise their political systems and work towards peace and security is a core activity for the modern Australian Defence Force.

Anzac Day Then & Now

Edited by Tom Frame

Peter Stanley, Jeffrey Grey, Carolyn Holbrook, Ken Inglis, Tom Frame and others explore the rise of Australia's unofficial national day.

Ethics Under Fire

Edited by Tom Frame, Mr Albert Palazzo

Events at Abu Ghraib prison and the 1968 My Lai Massacre show that the behaviour of the military can descend into barbarism. How strong is the military's commitment to avoiding such atrocities? Ethics Under Fire – a timely and compelling book – asks questions and raises issues the Australian Army can't ignore.

Tom Frame, Mr Albert Palazzo

No-one in the Australian government or Army could have predicted that in the 25 years following the end of the Cold War Army personnel would be deployed to Rwanda, Cambodia, Somalia, Bougainville, East Timor, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Solomon Islands. In a constructive critique of the modern Australian Army, 'On Ops'

Madeline Gleeson

What has happened on Nauru and Manus since Australia began its most recent offshore processing regime in 2012?

Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs

Jane McAdam, Fiona Chong

Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law. However, successive governments in Australia have declared the need to 'stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic, moral or legal.

9781742236216

British India, White Australia: Overseas Indians, intercolonial relations and the Empire

Dr Kama Maclean

*Highly Commended — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021*

Dr Catherine Bond

During the Great War law was used in everyday life as a tool to discriminate, oppress, censor and deprive many Australians of property, liberty and basic human rights.

Level Up Your Essays

Dr Inger Mewburn, Katherine Firth, Shaun Lehmann

Level Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people who mark your essays, it will show you step-by-step how to write high-quality essays that will get you top marks.

Evolution in the Antipodes

'A masterpiece of analysis of the politics of transformative change.' — Otago Daily Times

Since 1967 more than 25,000 students have graduated from UNSW after studying at Duntroon, HMAS Creswell , the Australian Defence Force Academy. Tom Frame examines the productive 50-year partnership between UNSW and the Australian Defence Force.