Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop by Lech Blaine

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Quarterly Essay 93: Bad Cop

  • Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics
  • By: Lech Blaine
  • Narrated by: Angus McGruther
  • Series: Quarterly Essays
  • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
  • Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Publisher's Summary

Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition, from property investor to minister for Home Affairs. This is a story of ambition, race and power, and a politician with a plan.

Dutton became Liberal leader with a strategy to win outer-suburban and regional seats from Labor. Since then we have seen his demolition of the Voice and a rolling campaign of culture wars. What does Peter Dutton know about the Australian electorate? Has he updated Menzies’ Forgotten People pitch for the age of anxiety, or will he collapse the Liberals’ broad church? This revelatory portrait is sardonic, perceptive and altogether compelling.

“Dutton doesn't need to become prime minister to redraw the battle lines of Australian politics. His fight with Albanese over parochial voters was always going to drag the political conversation rightwards: on race, immigration, gender and the pace of a transition away from fossil fuels … Dutton’s raison d’être? Make Australia Afraid Again. Then he will offer himself as the lesser of two evils. A serious strongman for the age of anxiety.”—Lech Blaine, Bad Cop.

©2024 Lech Blaine (P)2024 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.

Customer Reviews

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  • Peta Baird

    Excellent dissection of a man’s motivations

    Lech Blaine did a great job in unpacking the psyche of Peter Dutton to reveal what drives him. An absolute must read ahead of next year’s election.

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    April 26, 2024

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