{"product_id":"the-powerbroker-by-michael-gawenda-9781925835809","title":"The Powerbroker","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the ashes of the darkest event in human history, Australian Jews built a thriving community, one with proportionally more Holocaust survivors than anywhere else in the world bar Israel. Mark Leibler grew up in this community, and in time became a leader of it. This book shows how Leibler rose to a position of immense influence in Australian public life by skilfully entwining his roles as a Zionist leader and a tax lawyer to some of the country's richest people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book vividly paints a cast of Australian characters among them Paul Keating, John Howard, Julia Gillard, and Noel Pearson—who came to know Leibler and to call him a friend, along with people like Kevin Rudd and Bob Carr, who see Leibler as no friend at all. Finally, the book charts the surprise turn in Leibler's life, when a social and political conservative became a committed advocate for radical reform on behalf of Australia's Indigenous people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis many-layered book is a portrait of Jewish life in Australia, of the interaction between private wealth and politics, and of a man whose energy, formidable work habits, and forcefulness that often tips into pugnacity have made him a highly effective player in Australian affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'He taught me about power - how to get it and how to use it,'\u003c\/em\u003e says Noel Pearson. Through one man's story, \u003cem\u003eThe Powerbroker\u003c\/em\u003e shows how power works in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846583603436,"sku":"9781925835809","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18683423482873.jpg?v=1758913579","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-powerbroker-by-michael-gawenda-9781925835809","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}