Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale Of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-making Adventurers in The Roaring '90's

by Neil Chenoweth

This title covers dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted current affairs and social studies media. The dark channel of money and power that flow beneath the relaxed surface of Australian culture are perilous places.Behind the gossip columns and headlines, the famous names and celebrity makeovers, life hangs precariously by a thread - one wrong move spells disaster. For this is the world of networkers and social climbers, the games they play, the places they go and the circles they swim in determine who is in and who is out, who's rich and who's going belly-up.For years Graham Richardson, Trevor Kennedy and Rene Rivkin, high profile politicians and business men, deftly navigated these murky waters with the secret help of offshore advisors. The eventual exposure of their hidden Swiss bank accounts uncovered a world of hidden secrets that rocked the nation.This best-selling and award-winning volume, now in paperback, takes readers through all the twists and turns that led to the discovery of one of Australia's greatest political and financial scandals.

377 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[رواية · Rating 4 out of 5]

يقدّم الكتاب تحقيقًا صحفيًا معمّقًا يكشف شبكة معقدة من الصفقات المالية، والشركات الوهمية، والتحويلات السرية التي تورّط فيها عدد من كبار رجال الأعمال في أستراليا خلال التسعينيات. يركّز المؤلف على كيفية استخدام الحسابات السويسرية والهياكل المالية الملتوية لإخفاء الأموال وتحويلها، كاشفًا عن صراعات نفوذ كبيرة داخل عالم الإعلام والمال. بأسلوب مشوّق يجمع بين السرد الصحفي والتحليل الاستقصائي، يسلّط الكتاب الضوء على الفساد، الطموح، والتحالفات الخفية التي شكّلت جانبًا مهمًا من الحياة الاقتصادية والسياسية في ذلك العصر.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Accounts of the excesses of the '90s among the money men of the times. Packer & Rivkin no longer with us but their memory will linger on whilst this book is read.