JCL Series: Catch and Kill - Politics of Power with Joel Deane

Power is the only measure of a politician that matters. How they win power. How they wield power. How they lose power. This new edition of an Australian classic features a new introduction by the author taking into account the latest developments in Australian politics. Catch and Kill is an inside account of the beguiling and nomadic nature of that unholy trinity of politics. Taking us into the inner sanctum of state and national politics, Joel Deane investigates how four friends – Steve Bracks, John Brumby, John Thwaites and Rob Hulls – beat the factions, won office in Victoria, achieved progressive reforms, then tried to hijack Canberra. 'We were', Bracks says, 'a government that could catch and kill its own'. Deane joined Per Capita for their September John Cain Lunch to discuss his book.    Visit www.percapita.org.au for more on our research and events.   Recorded 17 September 2025. Per Capita's podcasts are recorded and produced on Wurundjeri land.