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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
Narrated by: Amy Remeikis
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 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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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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The case against honest John
He lied and lied some more the way the facts were presented it put the boot in then left the subject a right of reply
But we all know now he “warcrimesHoward will never acknowledge apologies for any of the multiple levels of damage and dishonesty that he inflicted
Lectures at Oxford W T A F
Thank you Amy Word Up , be safe be well , don’t stop you being you ……..

The narrator said it all truth telling

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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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Ok, when Labor said “It’s Time” in 1972 they were right but when Howard said that times would suit him… well Amy Remeikis explains why that should never have been true. A great reminder of the damage Howard did and why he is one of two sitting PMs to lose their seat in a general election. Abbott, of course, partially emulated that by losing his seat too, albeit not while still serving as PM.

It was definitely time for this; it was never time for John Howard

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I could nott listen to that voice, I did not get past the first paragraph. It could be a great story but I'll never hear it.

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