{"product_id":"that-sinking-feeling-by-paul-toohey-9781863956468","title":"That Sinking Feeling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first Quarterly Essay of 2014, Paul Toohey searches for the solution our politicians have been unwilling or unable to find, and asks whether, amid the diplomatic turmoil, we've now missed our chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTony Abbott promised to stop the boats. With the help of Kevin Rudd's 'PNG solution', he has. But at what cost? Visiting the Indonesian departure points, Toohey tells the dramatic stories of asylum seekers heading from Java to Australia, investigates people-smuggling and witnesses the aftermath of a sinking at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe examines the individual policies and outcomes of the Howard, Rudd, Gillard and now Abbott governments. He also interrogates Australian attitudes to boat people, and what politicians have made of these.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis engaging, powerful essay provides the untold personal stories of those waiting to make the dangerous journey, and the long view of this fraught issue. \u003cem\u003eThat Sinking Feeling\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching look at people at their worst and best - and most ruthless and most vulnerable - by one of Australia's finest reporters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849984233708,"sku":"9781863956468","price":64.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17777393482851.jpg?v=1759071836","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/that-sinking-feeling-by-paul-toohey-9781863956468","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}