The Fights of My Life

Author(s): Greg Combet; Mark Davis

Biography, Memoir & Autobiography

Greg Combet has been at the centre of some of the biggest battles of our time—the waterfront dispute, the collapse of an airline, compensation for asbestos victims, the campaign against unfair workplace laws and then climate change. From an isolated childhood on the Minchinbury estate west of Sydney, Combet's world changed dramatically with the early death of his father, a wine-maker.
Facing many challenges, he rose to lead the Australian trade union movement and become a senior minister in the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments. Along the way he has struggled with political ideology, the impact of work on his family and the relentless demands of the parliamentary life.
The Fights of My Lifeis the story of a man who faces up to the power structures of politics, big business and the media. He now makes the case that the labour movement's work is far from done—the Labor Party and the trade unions must democratise to engage the next generation of activists to fight the good fight- to achieve a more fair and just Australia.

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Greg Combet is well known for his public roles as the leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and as a Labor Government Minister. Greg is a proven leader, strategist, complex problem solver and crisis manager with extensive, hands-on knowledge of Australian industry. He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006. Following two terms in Parliament Greg is now pursuing a career in the superannuation industry and the private sector. He is 55, retains a key interest in politics and labour history, has had a lifelong interest in Gouldian finches, and lives in Sydney with his partner Juanita Phillips. Mark Davis spent more than 20 years as a journalist covering industrial relations, transport, economics and politics for The Age, The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. He was a deputy editor of the AFR and a federal vice president and industrial officer for the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union and professional organisation for Australian journalists. He has known Greg Combet since 1988. Davis was Combet's media adviser during the negotiation and implementation of the Gillard Government's clean energy reforms to tackle climate change.

General Fields

  • : 9780522866179
  • : Melbourne University Publishing
  • : Melbourne University Press
  • : 0.459
  • : August 2014
  • : 234mm X 155mm X 26mm
  • : Australia
  • : August 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Greg Combet; Mark Davis
  • : Paperback
  • : 814
  • : English
  • : 994.07092
  • : 344
  • : illustrations