• Judith Brett on Alfred Deakin: "Organic Australian Policy"

  • Apr 23 2025
  • Length: 48 mins
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Judith Brett on Alfred Deakin: "Organic Australian Policy"

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  • How did Alfred Deakin shape so much of the 'Australian Settlement' without ever securing a clear election victory?

    On Afternoon Light #195 Georgina Downer speaks with Judith Brett to explore one of Australia's most important but enigmatic figures. Who has always featured centrally in the story of federation, in part because he insisted on writing it himself.

    Judith Brett is a political historian and biographer and emeritus professor of politics at La Trobe University. Among her books are Robert Menzies’ Forgotten People, Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class, The Enigmatic Mr Deakin, which won the 2018 National Biography Award, and From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage, which was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award.
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