Editing Behind the Exclusive Brethren (section)

==Author==
At the time of the book's publication, Bachelard was a journalist for ''[[The Age]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news | last =Bachelard | first =Michael | title =Sect attempted secret donations to Howard&nbsp;— Federal politics | work =[[The Sunday Age]] | publisher =The Age Company Limited | page =10 | date =21 September 2008 }}</ref> He began investigating the organisation in his capacity as a newspaper journalist.<ref name="power"/> Bachelard's first book ''The Great Land Grab'' discussed the ''[[Wik Peoples v Queensland|Wik]]'' and ''[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2)|Mabo]]'' cases, and was first published in 1997.<ref name="mcinnis" /><ref>{{cite book | last =Bachelard | first =Michael  | title =The Great Land Grab: What Every Australian Should Know About Wik, Mabo and the Ten-point Plan | publisher =Hyland House Publishing Pty Ltd | year =1997 | isbn =1-86447-031-3 }}</ref> Bachelard became an [[investigative journalism|investigative journalist]] with ''The Age'' in 2006, and wrote about conditions in the workplace.<ref name="hogan" /> In April 2008, he became a senior reporter for ''The Sunday Age''.<ref name="hogan" /> Bachelard received Melbourne Press Club Quill Award for Best News Report in 2008, for his reporting on [[WorkChoices]].<ref name="hogan" /> After discovering that prior to the 2007 election the Exclusive Brethren organisation in Australia had close access to [[John Howard]], Bachelard became interested in writing a book about the group.<ref name="elder" /> He researched the organisation's history, and focused on the version of the group in Australia; analysing its ties to the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] and to Howard.<ref name="elder" /> He spent over two years researching the organisation.<ref name="hogan" />