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- Shortlisted, 2021 National Biography Award
- Longlisted, 2020 Walkley Book Awards
- Longlisted, 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards, Biography Book of The Year
- Readings Best Australian Nonfiction Book of 2019
An updated and extended edition of the bestselling biography of one of the most talented, poised and respected Australian politicians.
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from climate change to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public across the political divide.
In this new edition, acclaimed journalist Margaret Simons traces her story: from her early life in Malaysia, to her student activism in Adelaide, her time in the turbulent Rudd and Gillard governments, her key role as a voice of reason in the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage – and a new chapter on her elevation to the post of foreign minister in the Albanese government. What emerges is a picture of a leader for modern Australia, a cool-headed and cautious yet charismatic figure of piercing intelligence, with a family history linking back to Australia's colonial settlers and to the Asia-Pacific.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with Penny Wong and her Labor colleagues, parliamentary opponents, and close friends and family, this is a scintillating insight into an Australian politician without precedence.
Author: Margaret Simons
Paperback Published 11 July 2023 384 pages
Originally published October 2019