''Not Happy, John'' is a book written by

Margo Kingston Margo Kingston (born 1959) is an Australian journalist, author, and commentator. She is best known for her work at ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and her weblog, Webdiary. Since 2012, Kingston has been a citizen journalist, reporting and comment ...

, an Australian journalist and political commentator. It outlines why she is not happy with then

Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...

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 ...

, and his policies for Australia. Many opinions published on ''Margo Kingston's Webdiary'' made their way into the book. The book inspired the

'Not happy, John!' campaign The Not happy, John!' campaign was an Australian political campaign to oppose the re-election of Prime Minister John Howard as member for Bennelong in the 2004 Australian federal election. The title of the campaign is based on the popular televisi ...

to oppose the re-election of John Howard as member for

Bennelong Woollarawarre Bennelong ( 1764 – 3 January 1813), also spelt Baneelon, was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal Australian people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia in 1788. Bennelong serv ...

in the

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. ''Not Happy, John'' is written in five parts: *John's Australia *My Australia *Whose Australia? *Their Australia *Our Australia ''Not Happy, John'' was published Penguin Books in 2004. The book was launched by

Tony Fitzgerald Gerald Edward "Tony" Fitzgerald (born 26 November 1941) is a former Australian judge, who presided over the Fitzgerald Inquiry. The report from the inquiry led to the resignation of the Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the jaili ...

QC. On 3 August 2007, the publishing director of Penguin Australia, Bob Sessions, asked Margo Kingston to update ''Not Happy, John''. ''Still not Happy, John!'' was published on 1 October 2007. The title is taken from a television ad campaign, with the catchphrase Not happy, Jan!

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* * {{refend 2004 non-fiction books Australian non-fiction books Books about John Howard

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