This book will appeal to leaders and aspiring leaders in every type of organisation. It explains the why and how of creating successful organisations with amazing cultures where people flourish.

It is a practical leadership handbook full of real life stories, insights and tips based on the authors' many years of experience in senior leadership roles. A key insight is the need for leaders to recognise that one size does not fit all in the way they lead their organisation and interact with their people. Leaders need to be adaptive to the context and the person.

To enable this the authors have developed the concept of the 5 hats of adaptive leaders. These enable leaders to understand why, when and how to adapt their style as appropriate to any given context.

The book is full of real life examples that every leader can relate to and provides them with a practical, easy to follow approach to building the habits of an adaptive leader.

It is an inspirational and motivational read that enables the reader to immediately take action to make a positive impact on themselves, their people and their organisation.

Believe is an essential guide for leaders aiming to drive lasting and meaningful change within their organizations. This book introduces a Mindset Framework that bridges the gap between individual beliefs, behaviors, and organizational outcomes. Through a rich blend of real-world examples, case studies, and practical tools, such as Visual Management Boards and coaching techniques, author Dr Morgan Jones offers actionable strategies for fostering continuous improvement and achieving transformative results.

Drawing from diverse industries-including Aged Care, Financial Services, Poultry Farming, and Government-Morgan illustrates how aligning personal values with organizational goals can overcome the challenges of cultural change. Leaders will gain insights into how to model the behaviors they wish to see and create an environment where effective habits lead to sustainable improvement. Believe is a must-read for any leader committed to enhancing their business and inspiring genuine, lasting transformation.

She was the American woman who changed Australian history. She broke through barriers for women in architecture and spent 15 years working for Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the formative years of the Prairie School of Architecture. Then she teamed up with Walter Burley Griffin working with him in winning the design contest for the new Australian capital city, Canberra. She was an architect, artist, environmentalist, social observer and community builder, yet her work has been constantly overshadowed by the famous men in her life. The first biography of Marion Mahony Griffin in her own right, Making Magic tells Marion's story. It dates back to the days of Abraham Lincoln who was friends with her grandparents as a travelling lawyer in Illinois. It follows the story of her life over three continents - America, Australia and India. And her love affair with her husband which produced such historic results. A woman with a fierce sense of idealism and a passion for nature, Marion always had a mind of her own. She developed fine artistic and architectural skills which helped to make Wright and then Griffin famous. A woman in a man's world, she made history with her pioneering role as a female architect. Her creative work was sheer magic. Faced with her own challenges, she drew on her energy and creativity to refashion her role in a new country. She was instrumental in setting up a unique community in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag. Her paintings, drawings and descriptions of the Australian bushland produced another exercise in magic. Yet few know her real story. Making Magic comes as Marion's role is now being recognised with accolades in America and Australia. Northwestern University Professor David Van Zanten describes her as the Frida Kahlo of the Chicago school of architecture. Everywhere and nowhere, forgotten then suddenly remembered, unique in her work. Drawing on her diaries and historical records in libraries in Australia and America, and conversations with Griffin experts home owners and others with links to Marion's life, Making Magic tells the story of a most unusual woman. It puts the case for her recognition as an important figure who emerged from Chicago's Prairie School of architecture and tells an inspiring story of a woman and her own special brand of magic. About the Author: Glenda Korporaal is a journalist and writer based in Sydney, Australia. She has lived in Canberra and Washington, DC, and has a Master of Arts (Economics) from George Washington University, Washington, DC. The author of four books, she has a long time fascination with the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and interest in the ties between Australia and America.

Australia welcomes new migrants and businesses. Australia is a highly organised country, equipped to assist new migrants to settle and to support overseas businesses wishing to relocate.

The Immigrant's Guide to Living in Australia, 6th Edition, 2024 - 2025, has been revised, improved, and updated to provide the complete 'how to make it' in Australia. Before taking the huge step of migration, you need to know what to look for and where to find it.

This book answers your questions and provides you with the following valuable tips: What do I take with me on the plane and who will meet me at the airport?What do New Zealanders coming to Australia need to know?What should I look out for when renting a home or an apartment?How expensive is it to rent a house or apartment in Melbourne, Sydney or Perth?What are real estate prices in Australia?How do I go about buying my first home and what traps should I avoid?What are the salary structures in Australia for jobs in demand?How do I go about finding a job?Until finding a job, will I receive unemployment benefits? Will I have to undergo military service in Australia?How does the Australian taxation system operate? How does the banking system work, and how do I get an introduction to a bank? What childcare facilities are there if both parents work? What is the cost of education in Australia? Can I send my child to a private school if I have the means? With the high cost of medical care, is a national health scheme available for migrants? How to buy a franchised business and the traps to be avoided.What is the Australian attitude to household pets?

All this and much more, including the most up-to-date statistics, are covered in this new, handy book.

IS IT WASTED? OR A NEW OPPORTUNITY?

Faced with visa challenges, the asylum seekers prove to be innovators, not victims. Drawing on their resources, they repurpose, recycle and re-create a new state trading bio-fuel via the mid-ocean garbage patches. Teenage Kit illustrates how you can draw a new future as activists turn to science. But what happens in this new world order?

In the first edition of this book, the authors shared their extensive industry experience to explain 5 simple habits that support embedding a Culture of Continuous Improvement. This updated second edition, with more than 60 additional pages, expands on the learning and shares how to progress the development of the habits through three levels of maturity.

The authors combine their seventy years of collective experience in Lean and business improvement to present 5 basic habits to the reader that are easy to learn yet take years to master. A Culture of Continuous Improvement in your organisation will start to develop almost as soon as the habits are applied and continue to mature as they are mastered.

Case studies in two of the world's leading banking organisations demonstrate how the Culture of Continuous Improvement has been applied in real-world situations. The authors also discuss the underlying neuroscience to explain why these habits actually work. This book is essential reading for leaders and business improvement professionals alike.

Embedding Continuous Improvement is at the heart of creating a world-class business. In the first edition the authors explored the what, why and how to do this in this excellent book. In this second edition they have added a whole new chapter on how to mature each of the habits through three levels providing a proven path to success. A must-read for those in the financial services industry or just those who wish their organisations to be world class.

- Professor Peter Hines, Chairman, SA Partners & visiting professor, Waterford Institute of Technology

The Productivity Habits seem so simple in explanation but they have really driven great conversations at all levels in our business to continually improve customer experiences and business results. Why would you not want all of your organisation to use them?

- Paul Newham, Executive General Manager, Group Operations, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

This is a very practical and relevant book for anybody wanting to create or enhance a continuous improvement culture within an organisation. The authors share real experience, lessons learnt, what to look out for and how to approach for success. This is a must-read for anybody seeking guidance in this space.

- Christian Dalle Nogare, Director, Lean Design Practice at Westpac Banking Group

This book summarises in a nutshell what CI is about. Though focused on financial services, it's a must-read for every leader who wants to improve their business. It captures the CI essentials to transform your business to become best in class.

- Klaus-Martin Vierhaus, Head of Process Excellence at Bank Julius Baer

Can you really make money playing slot machines? Peter Liston, otherwise known as the Slot King has done just that, turning $500 into millions over the past twenty five years.

Million Dollar Slots is not a How to do it but a How I did it book. You will be left in no doubt that the slots can be beaten and you will learn how it was done.

For the first time, Peter reveals the secrets that have turned him from a high school teacher into a globe-trotting professional gambler doing what is considered to be impossible - playing the slot machines as a business.

Share with Peter as he cracks the code to the slots, tests the theories in his local slot venues, then exploits that winning knowledge in hotels, clubs and casinos around the world.

Unlike any other book on slots that tell you how a slot machine works, then sheepishly tell you the slots can't be beaten, with Million Dollar Slots, you will realise that not only can they be beaten, but by learning when and how to play them can provide you with a sustainable income.

Peter has appeared in television and radio interviews in U.S.A., Australia and U.K. He was one of the keynote speakers at the World Gaming Protection Conference in Las Vegas in 2012 and has been an occasional guest on the podcast Gambling with an Edge.

Please note that Peter's other book Playing Poker Machines as a Business contains the same information, but is designed for a Down Under audience

As a savvy leader, you are concerned by complex workplace challenges. Disengagement, low productivity, a negative culture, high turnover or bullying may add to an already demanding environment. Your team's performance and wellbeing may be undermined by below-the-line functioning, hindering your organisation's future success.

The interpersonal climate of your workplace is critical for human functioning. Without above-the-line leadership, innovation, creativity, wellbeing and learning cannot flourish.

How will you facilitate change in these uncertain times and keep your head above water?

Leading above the line: Applying neuroscience to build psychologically safe and thriving teams provides insights and practical tools informed by neuroscience, psychological safety, emotional intelligence and mental health that enable you to:

Lead yourself so you can be a powerful and positive influence for others. Cultivate self-leadership to optimise your cognitive and psychological agility, performance and wellbeing.

You can't lead others if you can't lead yourself.

Lead your employees to shine, fulfil their potential, build on their strengths and feel valued and trusted while navigating an evolving, uncertain and complex world.

Workplace relationships are pivotal in supporting employees'

performance, engagement and wellbeing.

Create a thriving high-performing team in which team members are buoyed by an optimistic and appreciative climate where it's safe to contribute and learn.

Workplaces need thriving ecosystems, not toxic ego-systems.

If you're serious about fostering potential and wellbeing from a human-centred approach and are keen to elevate your workplace climate, use the easy-to-implement strategies in this book to grow your leadership above the line.

They couldn't believe it. He's alive. Big as the Beatles for a flash of rock 'n' roll time. But by 1990, decades MIA.

It had to be done. But the tour they set up, a voyage into lunacy. PJ Proby at the helm of this burning ship, recalling his life story midst the rolling mayhem.

Of fast times with giants, from Elvis to the pantheon of Sixties Britpop and movie stars. Forever wars with powerful foes. Frenzied stage shows called obscene. Of liquor and firearms. Arrests. Jail time. Fortunes blow. House fires, turbulent marriages. Bankruptcy and the long slow fall.

And a muse of fire, forever undimmed.

Believe is an essential guide for leaders aiming to drive lasting and meaningful change within their organizations. This book introduces a Mindset Framework that bridges the gap between individual beliefs, behaviors, and organizational outcomes. Through a rich blend of real-world examples, case studies, and practical tools, such as Visual Management Boards and coaching techniques, author Dr Morgan Jones offers actionable strategies for fostering continuous improvement and achieving transformative results.

Drawing from diverse industries-including Aged Care, Financial Services, Poultry Farming, and Government-Morgan illustrates how aligning personal values with organizational goals can overcome the challenges of cultural change. Leaders will gain insights into how to model the behaviors they wish to see and create an environment where effective habits lead to sustainable improvement. Believe is a must-read for any leader committed to enhancing their business and inspiring genuine, lasting transformation.

Milk matters: more than you know Maureen Minchin's latest book is a call to all who are interested in the long term health of humanity to take a better educated and research driven view of the effects of early diet. It is an impressive trilogy: - - Book 1 advances the milk hypothesis, that immune disorder can be communicated vertically, compounding intergenerationally, through early infant nutrition and pregnancy and birth experiences; - Book 2 describes the development of replacements for breastmilk, outlining their past, present and future deficiencies and excesses, and the known or likely consequences; - Book 3 links the science and history to everyday infant problems, and gives practical advice about preventing or resolving diet-related distress in young children. With her usual intelligent passion, Maureen provides compelling evidence for the necessity of feeding species-specific milk. What will it take for clinicians who are charged with the health of our most vulnerable citizens - our babies - to finally improve their management of infant nutrition? This book should be an essential text for all health professionals and required reading for all medical and midwifery students. Heather Harris, MMid, IBCLC. Director - Boroondara Breastfeeding Centre Maureen Minchin's Breastfeeding Matters (1985) was a milestone in the history of breastfeeding. We applaud this amazing new trilogy, Milk Matters: infant feeding and immune disorder. It provides a global overview both of the manifold benefits of breastfeeding, and the futile attempts of vested interests to create and promote safe alternatives. Maureen argues that alternative feedings pose unrecognised risks and have trans-generational effects, including the emergence of immune disorders. Factually, breastmilk is ALIVE, with millions of stem cells, while infant formulas are industrially-processed mixtures. Breastmilk provides long-term benefits for the baby's microbiome, immune defences, and brain development. Yet a 2008 survey showed that only 15.8% of urban Chinese mothers exclusively breastfed their one child. (The Chinese State Council hopes to increase this to 50% or more by 2020.) We are not called Mammals for nothing. Our newborn young evolved to be totally dependent on the subtle secretions of its mother's mammary gland. Maureen Minchin's new books could not have appeared at a more important time, and they have much to teach parents, professors and paediatricians the world over. Please read on... Professor Marilyn B. Renfree AO DSc FAA FAIBiol Professor Roger V. Short AM ScD FAA FRS

March 1946. The war was over. Italian prisoners of war who had been captured several years earlier in northern Africa were interned in camps around Australia and waiting to be returned home. One Saturday evening, the commandant of the Rowville internment camp, Captain Waterston, shot and killed a prisoner, Rodolfo Bartoli, who he claims was attempting to escape. Rodolfo, a young prisoner from Florence, had met a local girl whom he was hoping to marry one day.

Only days before the shooting, a government inquiry into the alleged mistreatment of prisoners at the Rowville camp had been announced. Was it really an escape attempt? Was Captain Waterston justified in his actions? Using the original court transcripts, official documents and personal accounts, No Regard for the Truth follows the police investigation, Military Court of Inquiry, Coroner's Inquest, Government Inquiry and the subsequent court-martial hearings. Disturbing revelations about the camp administration begin to emerge - drunkenness, prisoner assaults, theft of property, the reckless firing of weapons and a desire to brush away the facts.

About the Author:

Darren Arnott is a Melbourne based IT Security Consultant. Outside of work, he was a former editor for The Rowville-Lysterfield Community News. He enjoys history research and writing and has undertaken studies in history and archaeology.

Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw has cleverly captured the future of leadership in this ground-breaking book. She shows how creative and enterprising individuals - INTRAPRENEURS - are transforming their organisations from the inside out. A must read for leaders aspiring to unleash their inner entrepreneur to change the world.

Allan Pease. Chairman of Pease International and author of 18 top ten bestsellers.

There is a new breed of corporate leader that is transforming organisations from the inside out. THE INTRAPRENEUR

Leadership Has Changed

Traditional models of leadership have been about managing people and processes. In today's world of disruption and extraordinary change, the old style of leadership isn't creating future-ready organisations.

From Stability to Disruption

It's no longer about the status quo. The leader of the future is an opportunity finder not a problem avoider. The key is for leaders to empower themselves and others to be influential change-makers.

It's Time for the Intrapreneur

Intrapreneurs unlock potential, harness creativity and liberate transformation to allow their organisations to SOAR.

This book will show you how

About the Author:

Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw is a speaker, author, educator and mentor who specialises in helping high-performing and high-potential leaders to liberate their untapped creativity, innovation and leadership abilities. Her clients come from all sectors, corporate, government, education and SME. She is the author of Leading in the Innovation Age, the creator of the StrateGEE(R) method for identifying creative problem-solving preferences and the developer of the Human Helium Program for creating intrapreneurs.

Imagine if you were to lose your sight? Would it feel like the end of everything worthwhile? There is a way forward. Once you realise that blindness is a word and not a sentence, life takes on a new perspective. There are ways to thrive with vision loss. This book reveals how to turn such a life-challenge into a lifestyle you can fully manage and enjoy.

Maribel Steel's heart-warming story is part memoir, part guide. She demystifies what it means to be blind, and provides a unique set of 'tools' to enable you to forge ahead with tenacity.

By offering a realistic picture of the possible, Blindness for Beginners will help you to adjust emotionally, adapt in practical ways, and enhance your self-confidence.

Her insights will give a clearer vision of the realities and possibilities- for visually impaired and sighted readers alike. If you want to discover how to retain your love of cooking, how to manage daily visual tasks with less sight, how to travel independently and in short, how to accept and adapt to vision loss while retaining your sense of humour, this book id for you.

For the sighted reader, there are also chapters that focus on how to assist a person who is visually impaired. Explore common questions and discover practical ways to live and work alongside a person with low vision.

'I was struck by Maribel's ability to weave uplifting words together in such a fashion that I believed I could do anything. I see this book as a beacon of hope, inspiration and motivation.'

Stephanae McCoy, Founder-CEO, Bold, Blind, Beauty

About the Author:

MARIBEL STEEL is an Australian author and award-winning public speaker. She is legally blind, a peer advisor for VisionAware, the mother of four children, a vocalist and sensory cook who encourages people to look beyond limitations and create opportunities. Maribel has demonstrated 'cooking in a tactile kitchen' on Sydney TV, ABC Radio National and a Taste of the World Youtube. She is often interviewed on radio programs and podcasts worldwide. Maribel is a passionate blindness advocate, guide dog adventurer and memoirist.

Do McDonald's use real eggs? Do they only hire children? How do you buy your own store? Michele Layet answers all these questions, and many more, by drawing on her own experiences as one of Australia's first female franchisees and also by enlisting the help of an eight-foot tall plastic clown.

It is not just a story of Michele Layet but also the story of a famous burger giant? We learn about flag protocol, dreaded inspections, and why Ronald McDonald never appears in advertisements.

We see Michele, first, as a fresh-faced trainee - overcooking fries and locking herself in the freezer. We see her rising through the management ranks, buying her own franchise, and rubbing shoulders with pioneer, Ray Kroc and Australian CEO (later world-wide CEO) Charlie Bell. We ultimately see her grow weary of life behind the counter and trade it all in for life behind a typewriter.

It is an eventful, and humorous, journey from making French fries to running an enterprise. It shows what life is really like behind the golden arches.

'Andy McNeilly has written a humble, human and practical guide for anyone wanting to be a good enough parent. As his good enough father, I continue to be sustained by his generosity and our mutual connection.

In this compact book, Andy offers simple and fun opportunities for families to explore and learn together, skills that will lead to a fuller and more satisfying life, for children and their parent.

You'll be glad you read this book. I know I was.'

Robert B McNeilly MBBS, CET,

The Milton H Erickson Institute of Tasmania

Have you noticed that some families seem to be like a happy party just walking along, and others are kind of tense and awkward? How some parents and kids seem to get along really well, and others are awkward and negative, reduced to just sharp commands to hurry up or don't touch that.

It's not that one kind of parent doesn't love their kids just as much or work just as hard to feed and clothe and care for them, but more that they may not have found ways to be close, have fun, and share good times. Connection with our kids isn't some mystical thing, it's made up of shared activities and memories, often not the expensive ones but just stuff that happened.

Andy McNeilly realised early in his work as a primary teacher (and dad) that not all kids get along with their parents very well, and not all parents know what to do to have good times with their children. After all, what's the point of feeding, clothing and caring for kids if you still just don't get along, and they don't feel close to you and able to trust you. If they grow into teens, and then adults, who don't have much connection to you, and just drift away. How sad would that be?

The secret that Andy is happy to share is that there are thousands of things you can do with your kids, which are fun and helpful to building a good relationship. Don't be daunted by that, or by the pages of this book, into feeling that's just too much. This is a RECIPE book. Just one tasty meal from the activities in here can give you a really great time. Half a dozen of those might be all you need for a year

And because our minds are good at knowing what works for us, just trust yourself to pick out one or two and make a start. You'll get your money's worth if even one of these ideas takes off with you and your children.

Sometimes as a parent, you feel stuck. Stuck for what to do, or what to say, or how to act. It's a terrible feeling, knowing there is something wise or clever or helpful needed, and you just don't know what that is.

These activities unstick you. You start to get more creative, and inventive, and get into a nice flow with your kids that spreads to other parts of your family's life. When I think back to my childhood sixty years ago (yes, shocking aye? And I look so YOUNG) I remember fun times with my mum or dad, doing stuff and feeling that the world and life were a wonderful place. Activities, conversations, projects, games, that are simple and may not even cost a cent.

Have fun with this book Dive in somewhere, grab an idea, and give it a go.

Warmest

Steve Biddulph

So why another book on leadership when there are already so many out there? This book addresses the critical role that technology leaders can play to take businesses into a new future. They can change the game. Businesses have high expectations of their technology leaders. We need to invest in building their leadership capability to make the most of the disruptive times we live in.

Why are game-changing leaders important?

A digital revolution driven by technology is changing the game for businesses everywhere.Technology is changing the game whether we like it or not. The internet of things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, data and analytics etc are exploding.

Businesses need game-changing leaders who can ride the wave of technology disruption. Leaders who move up the influence curve and use technology strategically will be highly sought after.

Brian Donovan has distilled many of the lessons from his successful career and executive coaching program into this book. It offers practical insights into how technical experts can make a successful transition to leadership. Use it to get an edge in the employment market as the demand for game-changing leaders increases.

About the Author:

Brian Donovan is the founder of Donovan Leadership. He is a dedicated advocate of powerful and practical leadership. His commitment to the field is informed by 40 years' experience in the technology sector, as a senior executive in Telstra and as CEO of the IT Skills Hub. He is an executive coach, facilitator and speaker.

He has helped countless technology leaders transform from technical experts into leaders who succeed. He is able to draw from his practical experience as a senior executive to assist his clients to build their influence with their key stakeholders. His programs enable leaders to achieve stretch results and to make the difference they are committed to making.

Reviews

This book is gold. As you read it, you will inevitably identify with some of the stories and wisdom. You will find yourself reflecting on your own life and career, and getting excited as you glimpse possibilities for playing a much bigger game than the current path you see yourself on. Brian is truly a man to cross the river with. He has been a great friend, coach and encourager through the mountains and the valleys, and we have crossed a number of big rivers together over the years. He continues to be a significant influence in expanding my sense of what's possible as a leader. Dean Phelan, former CEO, Churches of Christ in Queensland Board Adviser, CEO Mentor and Executive Coach

Let yourself be captivated by the thoughts, the practical propositions and ... the metaphor of the Big Kahuna proposed by Brian Donovan, an expert in game-changing leadership and digital transformation. You will enjoy discovering and reading Leadership Is Changing the Game. It will benefit you to shift your mindset, influence others and invent new ways of doing business. Prof. Yves Pigneur, University of Lausanne Author with Alex Osterwalder of the international bestseller Business Model Generation Ranked #7 by Thinkers50 a global ranking of management thinkers

The Wind's Song looks at the hidden spaces between who we are, and who we think we are, what we believe and what we know.

When twenty-five-year-old architect Josef's beloved grandfather dies and his girlfriend threatens to leave him, he becomes depressed and reluctantly agrees to visit psychologist, Clara. This is the start of a relationship that will change both therapist and client.

As Josef struggles to recover from depression, his view of his family's origins is given a jolt when he discovers that his beloved grandfather lied to him. Josef's family was not Danish as he believed, but originally from the forests of Bavaria. Neither as he maintained, was his grandfather a member of the Danish Resistance, who saved the majority of their Jewish population during World War Two by ferrying them across the straights to neutral Sweden. After much research, he is horrified to discover that his grandfather was a Nazi, who secretly volunteered to join Hitler's SS Waffen.

Carla is a caring therapist in a state of flux, coasting in a burnt-out marriage and tired from years of counselling, yet her Jewish beliefs, rituals and memories sustain her. Her sessions with Josef initiate thoughts of her past - her father and his family who once lived in Bavaria, only a short distance from Josef's, in the medieval city of Regensburg.

Due to work pressure, she sees little of her children and grandchildren. To revive their empty marriage, her husband, Steve, suggests a trip to Europe. After a brief stay in Paris, Munich and a harrowing visit to the concentration camp at Dachau, they visit Regensburg where with the help of a genealogist, she fills in many gaps about her family history. When they move on to holiday in Crete, the passion of earlier years returns.

Discoveries about her roots have made her feel more complete. She makes the important changes of working fewer hours and spends more time with her grandchildren.

Though Josef is repulsed by details of his grandfather's unsavoury wartime activities, with Carla's support he faces the truth and moves on.

AFTER WORK, AFTER PLAY, AFTER ALL is the story of Dr John Cornwall's remarkable life from modest beginnings to an outstanding reformer as a Labor Government Minister. Spanning eight decades it covers a childhood in Bendigo, two decades of veterinary practice from the 1950s to the 1970s, and life as a Minister in the South Australian Government in the 1980s.

This political memoir gives a rare insight into the challenges faced by a politician with a passion for social justice and a commitment to universal access to health care. It tells the story of how he introduced wide ranging reforms in public and environmental health in the 1980s, inspired by a worldwide movement for 'Health for All'. It details the opposition he encountered from vested interests and how his skillful private negotiations turned things around.

There were many 'firsts'; banning tobacco sponsorship of sport, decriminalising possession of marijuana for personal use, establishing Aboriginal controlled community health services, expanding community health centre networks, incorporating productivity and quality of care as markers in hospital budgets. redirecting resources to the most disadvantaged and a world leading program to clean up pollution from the lead smelter in Port Pirie.

The book also touches on the challenges of family life as husband and father to seven children.

It tells the story of a country vet who had bigger ambitions. Born at the height of the Great Depression, he grew up in Bendigo during the Second World War and survived a Catholic school education. It tells how he was inspired by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and South Australian Premier Don Dunstan. It recalls his early run for Parliament in the Liberal Party stronghold of Barker in the 1972 federal election, when Labor swept to victory in the It's Time campaign.

The greatest drama, however, is the unlikely story of his political demise. Caught up in the controversy over the introduction of Medicare in 1984, in which the states' public hospitals were central, he was sued for defamation by an orthopedic surgeon. Four years later the Minister in court on the witness stand, a hostile judge, a judgement written with what the author describes as 'malign ferocity', and resignation forced by a timid Premier less than 48 hours after it was delivered. It all makes a riveting read.

He survives, but not unscarred. There's a third career and a marriage that endures.

Tell Your Story is the perfect book for people who are in the business of growing their brand, be it personal or professional. This super-actionable, solutions-focused guide provides motivation and practical support by the bucketload.

Holly Cardamone will show you how to communicate better with your audience through the power of story. It's a funny, fresh and clever guide to communications, writing and

branding storytelling.

As readable as a novel, Tell Your Story is packed with ideas, suggestions, tips and strategies to tell your story and grow your business or influence with beautiful communications.