''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 (Australian TV program), Four Corners. She has been a deputy editor of the ''Sydney Morning Hera ...

. The book was released eighteen months into the

Howard government The Howard government refers to the Government of Australia, federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Howard between 11 March 1996 and 3 December 2007. It was made up of members of the Liberal Party of Australia, Li ...

'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. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. His eleven-year tenure as prime min ...

Liberal–National government. ''Dark Victory'' consists of 21 chapters, covering the key political events involving the

from 23 August to 10 November 2001. The ''Tampa'' affair, the

Pacific solution The Pacific Solution is the name given to the Australian Government, government of Australia's policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Austral ...

, 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 known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...

and

One Nation party Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), also known as One Nation (ON) or One Nation Party (ONP), is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. One Nation was founded in 1997 by Hanson and her advisors ...

. Marr and Wilkinson have worked together on previous journalistic investigations at ''

The National Times ''The National Times'', later ''National Times on Sunday'', was an Australian weekly newspaper published by Fairfax News from 1971 to 1986. Background The paper quickly developed a reputation for accurate investigative journalism, winning four ...

'' in the 1980s.

Reception

''Dark Victory'' has been praised for its provocative accounts of immigration policy in Australia following the events of ''Tampa''. It was also shortlisted for the Arts South Australia Festival Awards for Literature in 2004 and Won the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards in 2003.{{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 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''.

References

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