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Tony Abbott is the most successful Opposition leader of the last forty years, but he has never been popular. Now Australians want to know: what kind of man is he, and how would he perform as prime minister?In this dramatic portrait, David Marr shows that as a young Catholic warrior at university, Abbott was already a brutally effective politician. He later led the way in defeating the republic and, as the self-proclaimed "political love child" of John Howard, rose rapidly in the Liberal Party. His reputation as a head-kicker and hard-liner made him an unlikely leader, but when the time came, h

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Problem -- A Plan's the Thing -- Going Public -- Getting a Balance -- When Mornings were Bright -- Upheaval -- Dookie -- Inhaling Without Smoking -- Seeking a Hit -- Liberal Man -- The 'Betrayal' Election: 1996 -- Life with the Packers (and Others) -- Yes Minister -- Howard's End -- A New Era -- An Act of Treachery -- Getting Better -- Where to find help for mood disorders -- Acknowledgements

This is a plain English manual for ordinary Australian families and small business proprietors. It will help them to decide whether to set up a family trust, to understand the advantages and disadvantages of this useful legal concept and to discuss the issues more intelligently with their professional advisers. All aspects of setting up and running a family trust are dealt with in this book, including investment aspects and the taxation and social security rules affecting trusts and their beneficiaries. It discusses discretionary and unitised trusts, as well as trust deeds and the roles of the

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part 1 Robyn -- 1 Robin Merry Hood -- 2 Wild Child -- 3 God Is Great -- 4 A Javanese Wife -- 5 The Death of Robyn -- Part 2 Rabiah -- 6 Becoming Rabiah -- 7 An Enemy of Suharto -- 8 True Believers -- 9 Muhajirin -- Part 3 Umm Mohammed -- 10 Joining the Jihad -- 11 'Wahhabi' -- 12 A Letter to Osama -- 13 Fugitives -- 14 House Arrest -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright.

Brides of Christ and poor mortals / Margaret Ker -- From the woman's view / Patricia Crawford -- Helpmeet for man / Margaret Anderson -- Victorian spinsters / Patricia Jalland -- As good a bloody woman as any other woman / Raelene Davidson