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"A ground-breaking and explosive new book on how women have been shortchanged by the Howard government - one of the hottest and most contentious issues the nation faces in the first decade of the 21st century."

About the Author

Anne Summers is a bestselling author and columnist who has had a long career in politics and the media. Her political background includes her time as a political advisor to Prime Minister Paul Keating, and head of the Office of the Status of Women from 1983 to 1986. As a journalist she has been editor of the Good Weekend, and has written for the Financial Review, Le Monde and the National Time. Her books include the classic Australian book, Damned Whores and God's Police, still in print 28 years after publication in 1975, and a bestseller over three editions. Anne is the chair of the board of Greenpeace International and writes an opinion column for the Sydney Morning Herald.