''Dark Victory'' is a 2003 Australian book by David Marr and

Marian Wilkinson Marian Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and author. She has won two Walkley Awards, and was the first female executive producer of Four Corners. She has been a deputy editor of the '' Sydney Morning Herald'', a Washington correspondent fo ...

. The book was released eighteen months into the Howard government's third term, and discusses the border control policy of the

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...

Liberal–National government. Dark Victory consists of 21 chapters, covering the key political events involving the Howard government from 23 August to 10 November 2001. The

Tampa affair In late August 2001, the Howard Government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV ''Tampa'', carrying 433 rescued refugees (predominantly Hazaras of Afghanistan from a distressed fishing vessel in international water ...

, the

Pacific solution Pacific Solution is the name given to the Government of Australia policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. Initially imple ...

, the Children Overboard affair are discussed. The book investigates other countries' views of Australia and the role of the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...

and

One Nation party Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP), also known as One Nation or One Nation Party, is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. One Nation had electoral success in the late 1990s, before suffering ...

. Marr and Wilkinson have worked together on previous journalistic investigations at the National Times in the 1980s.

Reception

Dark Victory has been praised for its provocative accounts of immigration policy in Australia following the events of the Tampa. Dark Victory was also Shortlisted for the Arts South Australia Festival Awards for Literature in 2004 and Won the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards in 2003. Marr and Wilkinson have also been awarded Human Rights Award in the category of Arts Non-fiction in 2003 for their work on Dark Victory.{{cite web , title=Dark Victory - David Marr and Marian Wilkinson - 9781741144475 , url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/academic-professional/politics-government/Dark-Victory-David-Marr-and-Marian-Wilkinson-9781741144475 , website=Allen & Unwin

References

Australian non-fiction books 2003 non-fiction books Books about John Howard Political science books Howard government