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Interesting list. I noticed this entry: 4 BEN CHIFLEY (Labor. July 13, 1945 - December 19, 1949.) BORN September 22, 1885, Bathurst, NSW. EDUCATION Patrician Brothers High School, Bathurst. EMPLOYMENT Engine driver. MARRIED Elizabeth Gibson Chifley, no children. DIED June...

Hawke's "compact" with the unions did more to control their power than any lib government before or since.

Australians are far quicker than most to ask "Where is the money coming from?" and that may be as a result of Libs nagging while in opposition. It is a good thing and is a factor in our relatively light recession.

I can't pick one because I believe our success (If you doubt that, compare to the rest of The West) has been in our willingness to change whenever a particular party overstayed their welcome. The average has been above average on an international scale. The conservatives have always been too...