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The Hawke-Keating government was the most reformist we've had: - industrial relations/productivity improvements - reduction of tariffs - shipping industry reforms (waterfront) - floating the AUD - was the first to recognise native title - Redfern speech (which even Abbott acknowledges...

I agree. I think Keating was the most forward-thinking treasurer Australia's had. He understood that we were part of a global economy. People tend to denigrate Labor treasurers saying that they're not fiscally responsible, but the fact is that no Liberal treasurer has had the vision that...

Lord Shanghai, that has been the case for a very long time. He has always taken young boys 'under his wing'. Remember the footballers he would 'help'? Shame he doesn't come out of the closet.

If it were up to them, we would still have the white Australia policy and only those born with silver spoons in their mouths would rule; there would be education for only the rich; the poor would have no access to health. Oh wait, that's the direction in which we're headed. The right wing--no...

Our boss's name was John Kerr. When Whitlam would ring and our boss's name was mentioned, he once said: 'I thought I got rid of that b*****d.' And he actually did make sure that western Sydney got sewage facilities. He had lived in western Sydney.

Yes he did.

Really? ha ha, I didn't know that.

He did so much for Australia--health care and education for all; equal pay for women; arts funding; withdrawing troops from Vietnam. A visionary with a big heart and a great mind.