Dismissal

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  • A
  • thrilling
  • tale
  • of
  • legal
  • and
  • political
  • intrigue,
  • betrayal,
  • spies
  • and
  • treason,
  • spanning
  • the
  • tumultuous
  • decades
  • in
  • Australia
  • leading
  • up
  • to
  • 'The
  • Dismissal'
  • in
  • 1975,
  • and
  • a
  • compelling
  • tour
  • -
  • by
  • an
  • insider
  • -
  • through
  • the
  • corridors
  • of
  • parliamentary
  • power the
  • young
  • idealist
  • never
  • knows
  • where
  • his
  • good
  • intentions
  • may
  • finish
  • up.
  • When
  • Roy
  • temple
  • and
  • his
  • friends
  • are
  • accused
  • of
  • espionage
  • in
  • the
  • Cold
  • War
  • era,
  • a
  • cloud
  • of
  • suspicion
  • will
  • linger
  • over
  • them
  • for
  • years,
  • although
  • they
  • are
  • never
  • charged
  • with
  • any
  • crime.
  • twenty
  • years
  • later,
  • Roy
  • is
  • a
  • leading
  • barrister
  • and
  • key
  • adviser
  • to
  • the
  • federal
  • government,
  • with
  • a
  • bold
  • plan
  • to
  • resolve
  • Australia's
  • political
  • crisis.
  • But
  • the
  • old
  • allegations
  • cast
  • long
  • shadows,
  • and
  • even
  • those
  • he
  • wishes
  • to
  • help
  • doubt
  • his
  • motivation
  • -
  • does
  • he
  • want
  • to
  • save
  • the
  • government,
  • or
  • save
  • himself?
  • Amid
  • half-truths,
  • leaks,
  • intrigues
  • and
  • false
  • denials,
  • Roy
  • is
  • forced
  • to
  • confront
  • his
  • past
  • to
  • discover
  • who
  • he
  • can
  • trust-and
  • who
  • has
  • betrayed
  • him
  • all
  • along.
  • Dismissal
  • is
  • a
  • compelling
  • political
  • drama
  • of
  • the
  • highest
  • order,
  • and
  • an
  • insider's
  • view
  • of
  • the
  • democratic
  • roundabout,
  • with
  • all
  • its
  • flaws,
  • corruptions
  • and
  • dynamic energies.
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