Quarterly Essay 83: Top Blokes refugees but Australia's fossil-fuel giants have

but Australia's fossil-fuel giants have doubled down

murderous zebras

Alexander the Great

Bill Bowtell

Quarterly Essay 83: Top Blokes refugees but Australia's fossil-fuel giants haveWhat makes a top bloke? Does the myth of the larrikin still hold sway? And whatever happened to class in Australia? In this perceptive and often hilarious essay, Lech Blaine dissects some top blokes, with particular focus on Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese, but stretching back to Bob Hawke and Kerry Packer. This is a riveting narrative of how image conquered politics, just as globalisation engulfed the Australian economy. While many got rich and