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Quarterly Essay 65: The White Queen

One Nation and the Politics of Race

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Quarterly Essay 65: The White Queen

By: David Marr
Narrated by: David Ross Paterson
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David Marr has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Monthly, been editor of the National Times, a reporter for Four Corners, presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch and now writes for the Guardian. His books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson) and five Quarterly Essays: 'His Master's Voice', 'Power Trip', 'Political Animal', 'The Prince' and 'Faction Man'.

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This is a must for anyone interested in Australian politics. As someone who would never vote for Pauline Hanson, I nevertheless found it fascinating to see her career so articulately and clearly discussed and also appreciated the opportunity to better understand my fellow Australians who choose to vote for her.

Insightful and fascinating

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Marr deftly weaves together the many threads of contemporary Australian racism and its politics. The way he carefully traces Howard's development of racist dog-whistle politics and the effect of Hanson on his politics was illuminating.

Insightful view of Australia's race policy.

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The author expressed a personalised opinion attacking the person from an arrogant liberal position. The kind of contempt shown actually encourages people to vote for her and people like Trump. Please let us have some rational analysis, or it that a thing of the past.

Biased personalised Analysis

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