Rusted OffSHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD AND THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD A big story from a small town. Telling the story of Australia as it is today, Gabrielle Chan has gone hyper local. In Rusted Off, she looks to her own rural community's main street for answers to the big questions driving voters. Why are we so fed up with politics? Why are formerly rusted on country voters deserting major parties in greater numbers than their city cousins?