Russell Cooper
This entertaining and revealing memoir charts the evolution of the grazier turned politician Russell Cooper through his ‘fires of experience’ from life on the land to the halls of State Parliament.
He writes candidly about his youth, the people and the Party that influenced him politically, providing a rare insight into his trademark decisive approach to Queensland’s prisons and police powers and to the nation shaping event of gun law reform.
Russell Cooper writes like he speaks, at pace and without fear – his distinctive voice and turn of phrase hits the page and the reader. He addresses some mis-truths, misunderstandings and misgivings with surprising honesty, from his heady days in the Young Country Party to taking on the top job for the Queensland Nationals.