Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s Demise and Scott Morrison’s Ascension by Niki Savva is an enthralling sequel to her bestselling book, The Road to Ruin. In Plots and Prayers, Savva reveals the inside story of eight days of turmoil that cast a Liberal prime minister and his party into the outer darkness of Australian politics. Join us to hear Savva discuss her book – and the past political misdemeanours and future plans it covers — with Laura Tingle.
Niki Savva is one of the most senior correspondents in the Canberra Press Gallery. She is a regular columnist for The Australian and often appears on ABC TV’s Insiders. In March 2017, the Melbourne Press Club bestowed Niki with a lifetime achievement award for ‘outstanding coverage of Australian politics as a reporter, columnist and author’. Her previous book, The Road to Ruin, was a major bestseller, and won the 2017 General Nonfiction Book of the Year Award at the Australian Book Industry Awards.