Betrayal: The Underbelly of Australian Labor

This is a story that some in the Australian Labor Party would prefer to keep buried. But to others, including former Labor giants, it’s a story that needs to be told.

BETRAYAL is a shocking, often crude, even hilarious war-story about politics, policy and petty personal ambition.

Leading political reporter Simon Benson reveals nasty secrets about how the Labor Party is run today through his detailed exposé of an extraordinarily vicious, behind-the-scenes battle over a few clapped-out power stations in NSW … when the Labor Party machine brought down an elected premier and crippled Australia’s most populous State.

But more importantly, it’s about the train-wreck of the NSW Labor Party and the policy reform framework that past Labor leaders fought hard to make it stand for.

BETRAYAL will also make readers wonder about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s methods, with worrying implications for federal Labor’s prospects, and for Australia.