First edition - Published in trade paperback format and a small number of hard bound library copies. Donald Chipp was an Australian politician who began his career as a member of the Liberal Party, winning election to the House of Representatives in 1960 and serving as a government minister for six years. He left the Liberals in 1977 and joined a new party, the Australian Democrats who, he famously proclaimed in 1980, would "keep the bastards honest". He was elected to the Senate in 1977 and led the party at four federal elections. From 1983 it held the sole balance of power in the Senate. Tim Hewat and David Wilson were reporters for The Australian.

Biography of Don Chipp, Liberal member of Federal Parliament who broke away and formed his own political party ( )