The Best Australian Political Writing 2009 brings together the most incisive and entertaining analysis of the past year in politics. Edited by Crikey publisher Eric Beecher, this collection includes razor-sharp commentary on Labor's first year in power, the rise and rise of Malcolm Turnbull, the 'Apology', the controversy over the Henson case, climate change and the economic crisis, among others. Here, some of our leading commentators dissect the names, the events and the ideas that shaped a historic year.