John Howard has the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGOs, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and curtailed parliamentary scrutiny. Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a party-political assault on Australia's liberal culture. In the name of "balance", the Liberal Party has muscled its way into the intellectual life of the country. And this has happened because we let it happen. Once again, Howard has shown his superb grasp of Australia as it really is. In His Master's Voice, David Marr investigates both a decade of suppression and the strange willingness of Australian's to watch, with such little angst, their liberties drift away --Blurb.
Includes: Correspondence "Bipolar nation" / Bill Bowtell, Peter van Onselen, Andrew Charlton, Owen Harries, Peter Hartcher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-84)
[Variant title:His master's voice]
[Variant title:Corruption of public debate under Howard]