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From award-winning journalist and writer Rick Morton comes\u00a0Mean Streak<\/em>, a gripping and horrifying account of how, over the course of four and a half years, Australia’s government turned on its most vulnerable citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner of the 2025 Walkley Book Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner of the People’s Choice Prize Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortlisted for the ABIA Social Impact Book of the Year 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Robodebt was a new debt-creation system that was used to illegally pursue close to half a million Australian welfare recipients for fake debts generated by the thousands. It was described by the Royal Commission’s report as a ‘massive failure of public administration’ caused by ‘venality, incompetence and cowardice’. Essentially, Australians were gaslit by their own government, which doggedly and knowingly concocted a program that was both mathematically wrong and illegal, just to shake down innocent people for money, then lied about it for four and a half years. Robodebt is a historic and appalling political tragedy, a scheme created deliberately and sustained by institutional cowardice, clearly displaying the systematic contempt that a government had for its own citizens.<\/p>\n

Powerfully moving, deeply compelling and utterly enraging,\u00a0Mean Streak<\/em>\u00a0reveals disturbing truths about the country we have become and the government that was. In the mode of a corporate thriller, this is a scouring cautionary tale of morality in public life gone badly awry – a story that is bigger than robodebt, and far from over.<\/p>\n

PRAISE FOR MEAN STREAK:<\/p>\n

‘Searing, forensic and moving .. fuelled with rage and sorrow in equal measure, [Morton] walks us through one of the most shameful episodes in recent Australian politics, taking in prime ministers, pressured public servants, a whistleblower and case studies of the poor sods who were hunted down by their own government. A morality tale for our times.’\u00a0Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Morton’s work is scholarly and precise [and] his rage is unmisstakeable, seething from every page … For Morton, this story is personal [but] what he tells us in\u00a0Mean Streak<\/em>\u00a0is that this can happen to all of us…’\u00a0The Australian<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Illuminating, devastating … a feat of both exposition and effect. Morton’s prose emanates heat.’\u00a0Australian Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n

‘A must read’\u00a0Canberra Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Thoroughly researched, passionately written’\u00a0Inside Story<\/em><\/p>\n

‘A forensic narrative account of the Robodebt disgrace, the consequences, and the Royal Commission that followed. Absolutely gripping.’ Readings<\/p>\n

‘Meticulous in detail, panoramic in scope and fortifying in its fury … Morton pulls no punches’\u00a0Big Issue<\/em><\/p>\n

‘I strongly advise you all to go out and buy a copy’\u00a0Australian Independent Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n

‘A comprehensive analysis of Robodebt’s architects, its implementers and protagonists, its victims and its demise … Lucid and engaging … We should be grateful that journalists like Morton exist to help keep us honest and well-informed; he has demonstrated immense journalistic skill in this detailed expose. For people interested in our political system and in social justice, this book is a must.’\u00a0ArtsHub<\/em><\/p>\n

‘A powerful read’\u00a0Riotact<\/em><\/p>\n

Praise for Rick Morton:<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘A crack storyteller … his words and stories are infused with genuine compassion’ Christos Tsiolkas<\/p>\n

‘Morton is an intelligent, funny, endearing writer’\u00a0Australian Book Review<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Morton is fresh … He’s brilliant’\u00a0The Monthly<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Wonderfully readable … Morton is a national treasure’\u00a0Books+Publishing<\/em><\/p>\n

Mean Streak<\/h3>\n

A moral vacuum, a dodgy debt generator and a multi-billion-dollar government shake down
\nBy: Rick Morton
\nNarrated by: Rick Morton, Tamblyn Lord
\nLength: 15 hrs and 32 mins
\nRelease date: 10-16-24
\nLanguage: English
\nFormat and Bitrate: M4B@125 kbps
\nSize: 847.09 MB<\/p>\n

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