Power Of Balance. A Life Of Changemaking

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2024
Edition: First Edition

Description: 346 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Medicine, media, politics, advocacy and activism Dr Kerryn Phelps AM has led a remarkable life.Power of Balanceis a landmarkmemoir that explores the events andideas that have inspired and provoked her in working to create change. One of Australia's first'TV doctors', Dr Kerryn Phelps servedas president of the Australian Medical Association,Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, anda key leader Australia's LGBQTIA+ community. Little did she know, as she celebrated the historic Marriage Equality win in Canberra in 2017, that a year later she would be back as Member of Parliament, having been elected as an independentby the people of Wentworth after a leadership coup ousted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Kerryn and her fellow independents now held the balance of power. But Kerryn was more interested in the power of balance bringing equilibrium to policies and debate, and learning as much from the positives as from the negatives. In these pages,Kerryn candidly exploresherbiggest struggles and achievements, both within and outside the halls of Parliament fromher advocacy around Medevac and COVID-19 management, to the fallout of her public 'outing' in the Australian media,and her role in the Teal movement of the 2022 elections as well asall the things that have motivated and sustained her, including her philosophies of leadership and equality, and her love of her family and of the water.Power ofBalanceis a compelling and thought-provokingread that will inspire others to become changemakers in their own ways.

ISBN: 9781743799406