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Title: |
The Powerbroker |
| Sub-title: |
Mark Leibler: An Australian Jewish Life |
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| By (author): |
Michael Gawenda |
| ISBN10-13: |
1925835804 : 9781925835809 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
234x153mm |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Weight: |
.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - July 2020 |
| List Price: |
26.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 16 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: business & industry |
| From the ashes of the darkest event in human history, Australian Jews built a thriving community, one with proportionally more Holocaust survivors than anywhere else in the world bar Israel. Mark Leibler grew up in this community, and in time became a leader of it. This book shows how Leibler rose to a position of immense influence in Australian public life by skilfully entwining his roles as a Zionist leader and a tax lawyer to some of the countryâ s richest people. The book vividly paints a cast of Australian charactersâ among them Paul Keating, John Howard, Julia Gillard and Noel Pearsonâ who came to know Leibler and to call him a friend, along with people like Kevin Rudd and Bob Carr, who see Leibler as no friend at all. Finally, the book charts the surprise turn in Leiblerâ s life, when a social and political conservative became a committed advocate for radical reform on behalf of Australiaâ s Indigenous people. This many-layered book is a portrait of Jewish life in Australia, of the interaction between private wealth and politics, and of a man whose energy, formidable work habits and forcefulness that often tips into pugnacity have made him a highly effective player in Australian affairs. |
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Power, he taught me about power. How to get it and how to use it. -- Noel Pearson
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