His Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard; Quarterly Essay 26

by David Marr

John Howard has the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGOs, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and curtailed parliamentary scrutiny.

Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a party-political assault on Australia's liberal culture. In the name of "balance", the Liberal Party has muscled its way into the intellectual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863954058
• ISBN13: 9781863954051
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Quarterly Essay
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"