Judith Brett is an Emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University. Her books include The Enigmatic Mr Deakin (2017) and Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life (2021).
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Captains unpicked
Judith Brett
3 February 2023
What impact do biographies of living politicians have on their subjects?
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Twin passions
Judith Brett
8 July 2020
Books | Internationally renowned Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe was also deeply involved in labour politics
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How Hamer made it happen
Judith Brett
27 October 2014
Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett
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