In Trials
and Transformations Simon Crean, Frank Bongiorno, Philip Ruddock, Tom Frame
and others take
a critical look at the government’s performance during the Tampa crisis in the lead up to the 2001 election, the ‘children
overboard’ affair, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the history wars. Also
analysed are major policy decisions in health and environmental protection and
the rise and fall of Labor leader Simon Crean and subsequent rise of Mark
Latham.