"Saturday night's victory was not just a victory for the Labor Party; it was also a victory for those Liberals like Malcolm Fraser, Petro Georgiou and Judi Moylan, who stood against the pernicious erosion of decent standards in our public affairs.
The Liberal Party of John Howard, Philip Ruddock, Alexander Downer and Peter Costello is now a party of privilege and punishments. One that lacks that most basic of wellsprings: charity."
Who could have written this post the Australian election on Saturday? - and the defeat of the Howard Government. None other than one-time PM, Paul Keating, in am op-ed piece in the SMH and The Age.
Read Keating's analysis of the Howard years here.
The Liberal Party of John Howard, Philip Ruddock, Alexander Downer and Peter Costello is now a party of privilege and punishments. One that lacks that most basic of wellsprings: charity."
Who could have written this post the Australian election on Saturday? - and the defeat of the Howard Government. None other than one-time PM, Paul Keating, in am op-ed piece in the SMH and The Age.
Read Keating's analysis of the Howard years here.
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