Bulldozed

"""Savva's great skill as a journalist combines with sharp commentary and her vast experience to deliver a powerful analytical coda to Morrison's pointless premiership ... A key strength of Bulldozed is the way Savva convinces the key players to talk, including some of those closest to Morrison ... Bulldozed will not be the last word on Morrison's dismal premiership, but it will surely influence future accounts according to the degree to which their authors concur or disagree with Savva. It is a superb insight into a government in terminal moral decline, a regime with little purpose other than the burning career aspirations of its members."" --Mark Kenny, Australian Book Review ""The gripping inside story of how Scott Morrison went from miracle man to roadkill. Savva portrays a fatally flawed leader who trashed his government, his party, and his legacy."" --Laurie Oakes ""Niki Savva, an accomplished author (especially in the realm of Australian political biography) has now written the definitive study of the fall of the Morrison government. It is as powerful as it is persuasive ... The Road to Ruin was a withering examination of the self-destruction of the Abbott government. This was followed by Plots and Prayers which was a sweeping critique of Malcolm Turnbull's disappearance and the treachery of those who backed Scott Morrison into the Lodge. Both books set new benchmarks in forensic evaluation of the deceit that accompanies leadership changes in Canberra. Bulldozed continues Savva's laser-like examination of the political players ... Savva's interpretations of the cascading episodes which led to the disintegration of the Morrison government are utterly compelling. She has employed the equivalent literary device of a cat o' nine tails, as she flays the former prime minister's reputation for a diversity of failings."" --Stephen Loosley, The Australian ""This is catnip for politicos ... Savva's book is excellent, it is riveting and will stand as testament of how not to lead."" --Neos Kosmos ""[A] bracing read."" --Matthew Ricketson, Inside Story ""[Bulldozed] is highly recommended reading for anyone with an interest in contemporary politics and in human behavior ... Savva has done a fantastic job in bringing together the many fragments of the last decade's national politics."" --Paul Costigan, CityNews Canberra ""It is difficult to think of anyone better qualified than Niki Savva to write a detailed analysis of the reasons for the defeat of the Morrison government in 2022 ... most readers who have even a passing interest in politics will be familiar with many of the events and incidents in this book ... but what makes Savva's analysis so special is the amount of behind the scenes detail that she provides and the way she ties it all together to explain Morrison's demise ... This is a book that will appeal to the political tragic as well as the less political involved reader ... [Bulldozed] is a well written book that every voter concerned about good government should read."" --John Watts, The Manning Community News ""Niki Savva has smashed the mould of contemporary telling of the political contest which so often is a rushed retelling of events, using multiple anonymous sources and hindsight. There are no assertions of what unnamed players may have told her in her riveting account of the Morrison Government. The raw ambition and flaws of our politicians are on display in all their glory."" --Judges comments for Australian Political Book of the Year Award"