Beautiful lies: Australia from Kokoda to Keating

by Tony Griffiths

Australia, in the 1990s, had experienced The Change. Its economy had become as menopaused as Germaine Greer, whose attack on hormone replacement therapy was in tune with public opinion on the political equivalents, Fightback and One Nation. By 1993, voters recognized that political slogans were no more likely to kickstart Australia than mare's urine was likely to bring back youth to middle age. Beautiful Lies is an original account of the people, events and trends that have shaped Australia since Menzies declared war on Germany in 1939. It is racy, maverick and impartial - a tour de force.

236 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 1998