Cover art for Machine Rules
Published
Melbourne University Press, August 2015
ISBN
9780522867404
Format
Softcover, 224 pages
Dimensions
23.5cm × 14.8cm × 1.7cm

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Does a powerbroker like Stephen Loosley ever leave the political world? In his tell-all memoir he writes about defending the indefensible, the best way to start and kill off rumours, the value of truth in campaigning, how to use humour to squash a scandal, the key to fundraising, and why bullshit always comes back to bite you.

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