Quote of the Week

"Plans for Your Good flows with all the plausible, coherent, rhythmic religiosity of a psalm recited by the Swedish Chef. At best, it is unoriginal, inconsequential, cyclical, paternalistic evangelism. At worst, it is a dubious attempt at indoctrination. But neither Christian values nor the practise of faith more broadly are the problem. It’s Morrison’s willingness to use them as tools of manipulation, distraction and evasion. In the Gospel According to Scott, he is always the hero, never the villain. His superpower is amnesia."

[2021 Australian of the Year, author, activist, advocate & Director of the Grace Tame Foundation, Grace Tame, reviewing Scott Morrison's 'memoir' "Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness" in The Monthly, June 2024]

Quotes of the Week

"'Repetition, cliché, malapropism, daft diction, plodding syntax, more cliché, and bucketloads of sentimentality? This book has got it all.'.....I suspect that Plans For Your Good will deliver unto posterity the portrait of a leader driven by profound faith, yes, but a leader who allowed that faith to licence a political career characterised by evasions, refusals and shockingly little care for the lives of the poor, the suffering and the vulnerable."

[Writer & editor Catriona Menzies-Pike reviewing former Australian prime minister & retired Liberal MP for Cook Scott Morrison's meagre memoir, "Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness" in Crikey on 14 May 2024]

"Reliable industry source says #ScottyFromGilead’s book has sold 1,003 copies so far… #auspol"

[Chris Wallace posting on X/Twitter on 14 May 2024]