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‘The eye of a cyclone’

Emma Dawson has reviewed Jenny Macklin’s Making Progress for Australian Book Review. Her verdict? It should be on the desk of every federal parliamentarian.

Joel Deane 29/5/25 Joel Deane 29/5/25

Melbourne launch

It was a full house for the Melbourne launch of Jenny Macklin’s policy memoir.

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Watch Per Capita event

Watch the YouTube video of Jenny Macklin talking about her new book, Making Progress: How Good Policy Happens.

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Plibersek and Macklin in Sydney

The Sydney launch of Making Progress is going to be a blockbuster. Book a ticket to hear Jenny Macklin and Tanya Plibersek -- two former Deputy Leaders of the ALP -- talk about big policy ideas on June 5 at Gleebooks.

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Melbourne launch of Making Progress

Book a ticket for Labor legend Jenny Macklin’s book launch at the Nova in Carlton. Entry is free.

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Per Capita book event

Labor legend Jenny Macklin and I will be having an in-conversation lunch event, hosted by Per Capita, at Melbourne University's Graduate House at 12.30pm, 21 May.

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Catch and Kill (almost) out of print

I’m in discussions with publishers about bringing out an updated version of Catch and Kill before the 2026 state election.

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On Making Progress

Making Progress is not your typical political book.