Paul Cleary: 5 books

It is not a case of governments and companies putting royalties and profits before people; instead it is as though people don’t matter at all … In Mine-Field, Paul Cleary counts the true cost of Australia’s mineral addiction. Whether it be coal-seam gas, LNG or coal mega-mines,...

We think we are the lucky country, but what we really have is dumb luck – too much luck, more than we know what to do with. In Too Much Luck, Paul Cleary shows how the resource boom, which seems a blessing, could well become a curse. We have never seen a boom quite like this one. Under-taxed and...

'This account . . . is breathtaking in its scope and riveting in its research' - Sydney Morning Herald The gripping story of a small force of Australian Special Forces commandos that launched relentless hit and run raids on far superior Japanese forces in East Timor for most of 1942. These...

For most of its history, the near-Arctic nation of Norway eked out a marginal existence from fishing, forestry and shipping. But things began to change in 1969, when the country confirmed it had found one of the world’s biggest offshore oilfields. As the revenue from this field and many others started...

In an orbital station hundreds of miles above the Earth, the remnants of humanity lead a precarious existence. In this claustrophobic environment a new society has evolved where family bonds are supressed and people’s lives are shallow and short. Like everyone else on the station, Deni follows...