"Just because I consulted doesn't mean I didn't dominate": How prime ministers really govern — Patrick Weller
Patrick Weller is emeritus professor of politics and public policy at Griffith University and the author or editor of some forty books. Pat wrote what was the first (and may still be the only) Westminster-system equivalent to Robert Caro's epic meditation on Lyndon Johnson: a detailed study of how Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser wielded power. First published in 1989, it's a fascinating study of how one individual climbed into the hermit-crab-shell that is the prime ministership and mad...
Jun 23, 2026•1 hr 37 min•Season 10Ep. 183