Connor Court Publishing has published my latest book Iron Law No More : The Rise and Demise of the Catholic-Labor Alliance in Australia (ISBN: 9781923568730, Paperback 277 pages, RRP $34.95).

It was once an iron law of Australian politics that the only way for a Catholic to participate and succeed in public life was through the Labor Party because the non-Labor side of politics was a closed shop and Catholics need not apply.… Read the rest