The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill

Stephen Dando-Collins

The Dam Busters, The Great Escapeand Reach for the Skywere all written by Paul Brickhill, an Australian hero of WWII. 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 25th anniversary of his death.It was 1956 and the writer from Sydney's lower North Shore had every reason to feel blessed. Former jo...

Morrison's Mission: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: How a beginner reshaped Australian foreign policy

Paul Kelly

When he became Prime Minister in 2018, Scott Morrison was a foreign policy amateur confronted by unprecedented challenges- an assertive Beijing and a looming rivalry between the two biggest economies in world history, the United States and China. Morrison plunged into foreign and security policy by maki...