Senate leader of the Australian Labor Party, was longlisted for the 2020 Walkley Book Award. Selected works The Truth Teller (1996) Wheelbarrows, Chooks & Children: a gardener's life (1999) Fit to Print: inside the Canberra Press Gallery (1999) The Meeting of the Waters: the Hindmarsh Island affair (2003) Latham's World: the new politics of the outsiders (2004) The Rich and Fertile Story of Compost: resurrection in a bucket (2004) The Content Makers: understanding the media in Australia (2007) Faith, Money & Power: what the religious revival means for politics (2007) Malcolm Fraser: the political memoirs (with Malcolm Fraser) (2010) Duty of Care, August 2010, The Monthly Journalism at the Crossroads: crisis and opportunity for the press (2012) Kerry Stokes: self made man (2013) Six Square Metres: reflections from a small garden (2015) Fallen Angels, July 2015, The Monthly The Long Letter to a Short Love, or..., Summer 2015, Meanjin Right Wing Refugee, January 2016, SBS Lost Boy Found, June 2016, SBS Is Michelle Guthrie Tuned in to the ABC?, September 2016, The Monthly Penny Wong: passion and principle (2019) Cry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin, March 2020, Quarterly Essay References Living people 1960 births Australian freelance journalists Griffith Review people University of Technology Sydney alumni University of Melbourne faculty Monash University faculty