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Actually, that’s really quite simple. Anything that takes integrity. And anything that takes courage. This is a political party that is now so dependent on opinion polls and focus groups that it doesn’t cross the fucking street without market-testing whether it should look left or right for traffic first. Continue reading What the ALP absolutely will not do next  Ben Chifley is probably most remembered for two things: his serious efforts to implement some of the more socialist ideals of the Australian Labour Party, and this speech. Both, ultimately, come from the same wellspring: Chifley’s compassionate idealism. He is also the only Australian Prime Minister never to have lived at the Lodge, and the only Labour Prime Minister to have sent the troops in to break a strike – and one from a communist trade union, at that. I haven’t talked much at all about the speech here, for one very simple reason: I think you should read it yourself. Referenced in: Neighbourhood Watch – My Friend The Chocolate Cake
Howard Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, went missing while swimming at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, on December 17, 1967. His body was never found, and he was declared dead two days later. After a brief leadership crisis in the Liberal-National Party coalition, which Holt led, he was succeeded by John Gorton. But what if he hadn’t died? |
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