All fall down / Matthew Condon
- Bib ID:
- 6570140
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Condon, Matthew (Matthew Steven), 1962-, author
- Description:
-
- St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2015
- ©2015
- 578 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780702253539 (paperback)
- Summary:
-
In Three Crooked Kings we read about the shocking true story of Queensland and how a society was shaped by almost half a century of corruption. In Jacks and Jokers the story continued with Terry Lewis taking the reins as police commissioner, while corruption at the highest levels of the police and government thrived. All Fall Down is the final gripping instalment in this best-selling trilogy, with more corruption, colourful new characters and bad behaviour outside the law by the law. It charts the dramatic demise of police commissioner Terry Lewis, signalling an end to 'The Joke' and the infamous 'crooked kings'. It also reveals for the first time the true story of events leading up to the Fitzgerald Inquiry in the late 1980s, courtesy of interviews with several key players who have, until now, remained silent. As well as the dramatic exit of Queensland's longest serving Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, All Fall Down captures the resilience and spirit of those unsung heroes who risked all to finally tell the truth about the extent of crime and corruption thriving in the Sunshine State. With exclusive details from unpublished interviews, All Fall Down gives an account of what went on inside the mind of Lewis during a decade in prison, and what has become of the key players in this sweeping saga that embroiled the police force, the judiciary and the politicians whose actions changed a state forever. While many would fall - it was not always the people who should.
- Notes:
-
- Sequel to 'Three Crooked Kings' and 'Jacks and Jokers'.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 570-571) and index.
- Awards:
- Australian Book Industry Awards, Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year, winner, 2016.
- Subject:
-
- Lewis, Terence Murray, 1928-
- Queensland. Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct
- Police corruption -- Queensland
- Police -- Queensland -- Biography
- Misconduct in office -- Queensland
- Political corruption -- Queensland
- Police -- Queensland
- Queensland -- Politics and government -- 1976-1990
- Australian
- Available From:
- http://www.uqp.com.au, uqp@uqp.uq.edu.au
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Dangerous liaisons: a report arising from a CMC investigation into allegations of police misconduct (Operation Capri) / Crime and Misconduct Commission
- Three Crooked Kings / Matthew Condon
- The myth of police reform : problems and power within the police bureaucracy / by Douglas Alan Smith
- Three crooked kings / Matthew Condon
- Jacks and jokers / Matthew Condon