I read the Grattan Institute’s A Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister and thought: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if somebody put together a reading list of historical relics that had been overlooked and under-appreciated? Wouldn’t it be weird for modern debates to be informed by the views of past intellectual giants?’
And, thus, I present for your enjoyment and edification, The Contrarian’s Companion 2013. A collection of four pieces ruthlessly taken from Hansard and the public domain to incite conversation and debate.
Only The Sangfroid 