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More to Life than Politics?

Richard Alston

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Connor Court
10 December 2019
Richard Alston - barrister, politician, diplomat, company director, senior Cabinet minister for more than seven years - was a leading figure in national debates about privatisation, innovation, information technology, the Arts and the ABC, transforming the federal Communications portfolio into a telecommunications powerhouse with a significant role in the economy.

His interests ranged widely from participation in organisations concerned with international development to enthusiastic collection of books, art works, glassware, rugs and silks. His personal art collection includes several works by his friend, David Hockney, as well as splendid examples of Indigenous paintings.

Richard Alston - barrister, politician, diplomat, company director, senior Cabinet minister for more than seven years - was a leading figure in national debates about privatisation, innovation, information technology, the Arts and the ABC, transforming the federal Communications portfolio into a telecommunications powerhouse with a significant role in the economy.

His interests ranged widely from participation in organisations concerned with international development to enthusiastic collection of books, art works, glassware, rugs and silks. His personal art collection includes several works by his friend, David Hockney, as well as splendid examples of Indigenous paintings.

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Imprint:   Connor Court
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   712g
ISBN:   9781925826753
ISBN 10:   1925826759
Pages:   394
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for More to Life than Politics?

David Gonski, Chancellor, University of New South Wales since since 2005 A brilliant politician in exactly the right place when the Internet arrived. Ziggy Switkowski, CEO, Telstra, 1999-2005 Richard Alston, one of Australia's most perceptive Cabinet ministers, tells a fascinating inside story about his time in Cabinet and other significant periods in his very interesting life. Allan Fels, chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 1995-2003 Richard Alston's wide-ranging interests in art, literature, history and diplomacy round out a very notable career which has important lessons for the political class. Amanda Stoker, Liberal Senator for Queensland since 2018


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