Long list announced in 2010 John Button Prize. — 20.05.2010
Long list announced in 2010 John Button Prize.
Nineteen works have been chosen as the 2010 long list for the $20,000 John Button Prize for writing on politics and public policy. The list comprises eight books, two Quarterly Essays, and nine pieces of journalism. The subjects of the works are diverse, ranging from Indigenous politics and climate change — which also featured strongly in last year’s list — to immigration policy, Australia’s relations with China and Kevin Rudd’s governing style, among other subjects. The short list and winner of the Prize, which is in its second year, will be announced in August.
Abbott, Tony — Battlelines — Book
Aly, Waleed — What’s right? The future of conservatism in Australia — Quarterly Essay — Essay
Conley, Tom — The vulnerable country: Australia and the global economy — UNSW Press — Book
Ewart, Jacqui — Haneef: a question of character — Halstead —Book
Markus, Andrew, James Jupp and Peter McDonald
— Australia’s immigration revolution — A & U — Book
Kelly, Paul — The march of the patriots: the struggle for modern Australia — MUP — Book
Langton, Marcia — The resource curse — Griffith REVIEW — Essay
Manne, Robert — Why we weren’t warned: the Victorian bushfires and the Royal Commission — The Monthly — Essay
Mares, Peter — Three essays on migration issues: 1.The permanent shift to temporary migration; 2. A blockage in the skilled migration pipeline; 3. The fifth ripple: Australia’s place in the global refugee crisis — Inside Story: Current Affairs and Culture (website) — Essays
Megalogenis, George — Slip, slop, slap — The Weekend Australian —Article
Patmore, Glenn — Choosing the republic — UNSW Press — Book
Pearse, Guy — On borrowed time and borrowed carbon in Goodbye to all that? On the failure of Neo-liberalism and the urgency of change — Black Inc — Chapter
Pearson, Noel — Radical hope: education and equality in Australia —Quarterly Essay — Essay
Mandy, Sayer—The wild frontier— The Monthly—Essay
Soutphommasane, Tim — Reclaiming patriotism: Nation-building for Australian Progressives — Cambridge University Press — Book
Stewart, Cameron — Command and Control: Is Kevin Rudd the most powerful PM in Australian history? — The Weekend Australian — Article
Sutton, Peter — The politics of suffering — MUP — Book
Tingle, Laura — Tensions escalate over Rudd’s kitchen cabinet — Financial Review — Article
Wesley, Michael — Made in China — Griffith REVIEW — Essay