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Where It All Went Wrong

The case against John Howard

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Where It All Went Wrong

By: Amy Remeikis
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Summary

 On the thirtieth anniversary of John Howard coming to power, a searing analysis of the untouchable prime minister: how the ‘great economic manager’ sold our future.

John Howard is often revered as one of the great Australian prime ministers (1996–2007): economically prudent, politically astute, ‘relaxed and comfortable’ with Australia’s identity, venerated by the Liberal Party and grudgingly admired by the left.

Why then – just twenty years after his government ended – are we in such a mess?

Amy Remeikis is one of our most astute and convincing political commentators, and here she argues for a complete revision of how we see Howard’s tenure, for the first time holding him to account for the future he created. Of our modern crises, most are caused by his policies. Housing crisis? Guilty. Work insecurity? Guilty. Giving away gas? Guilty. Climate denial? Guilty. Rise of the far right? Guilty. America's lapdog in foreign relations? Guilty. Jingoistic tracksuits and flag-wrapping? Guilty and convicted.

Far from being ‘great economic managers’, the Howard government bought boomer votes with franking credits and negative gearing, sacrificing the generations now inheriting the nation. They sold out their children and grandchildren for mining billionaires, investment properties and annual cruises.

Amy Remeikis is the highly informed voice of these dispossessed generations. In showing us where it all went wrong, she illuminates the path to a better future. Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Politicians Politics & Activism Socialism Government Liberalism Oceania
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Written every clearly and worth reading! Would highly recommend this book to anyone who wonders why we are in the current situation.

An impactful overview of Howard’s impact

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Remeikis provides an insightful analysis of Australian politics over the last 30 years. “John Howard’s greatest achievement may be the modern Australian Labor Party”

A Seminal Work

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Listening to "Where it All Went Wrong" was a step back in time. Howard was voted into his first term, just before I was old enough to vote. My early years at Uni and into my career were heavily influenced by Howard's policies - and not positively. This book explains those events in a way that was easy to understand and comprehend and I am grateful to Amy Remeikis for filling this gap in Australian literature about the time period and its influence on the present. At times it felt like I was back in 2001 with the Children Overboard fiasco, stunned when Howard never apologised for his lies, and angry at Australians for believing them and not thinking critically. When the stevedores were sacked and Corrigan who hadn't been making the private health payments meant thousands of families were left behind with no cover and serious health conditions - how has this been forgotten. I hope that as time goes on Howard's legacy is seriously interrogated further by all Australians.

Read this to understand Australia today!

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For anyone who wants to know the truth about the Howard years and their ongoing impact on Australia's stagnation and regression on child care, aged care, Industrial Relations, health care, fiscal responsibility, US sycophancy etc. I could go on but don't need to as Amy Remeikis has finally written the book that needed to provide a record of the era. It encapsulates all the thoughts I've had about that time so well. My family no longer need to hear me go on about that time. I'll tell them to read the book!

A Must Read

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Amy is cheeky but deadly accurate. It is somewhat depressing to hear this truth after having lived it.

Clarity of the analysis

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