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Oh lucky man?

Fifty years ago, Donald Horne’s enigmatic phrase captured a nation’s imagination. But what did he make of his success, and what did it cost him? Donald’s son Nick and his former colleague Michael Baume dig back into the past

8 November 2014

9:00 AM

8 November 2014

9:00 AM

Nick Horne

When Donald wrote his famous book he didn’t have the title in mind. Yes, he wanted to give things a good shake up; he thought Australia would have to do things differently to maintain its standard of living; he thought political leadership could be better; he wanted to take out an atlas and show us where we were in the world; he wanted us to be smarter.

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