John Winston Howard

by Miroslava Jurcik

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John Winston Howard

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Miroslava Jurcik

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Wax figure from Sydney wax museum. John Winston Howard was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. Only Sir Robert Menzies has served in the position longer.
His victory ended 13 years of Labour rule and laid the foundations for the nearly 12 years of Coalition government.
Having realised that he had lost the political battles on Medicare and winding back the welfare safety net, Howard committed to retain and improve both, and ultimately did so even while getting the federal budget firmly into surplus.
He also secure our borders and stopped people smugglers . I supported him bec country which doesn't have secure borders is a weak country !!! Offcourse there were things I didn't like also, he introduce gun control, introduce the hated GST, and he didn't increase pensions and also homelessness increased and that's shameful .
Howard read the mood of the Australian people better than most, he was centre-right pragmatist and he enjoyed being viewed as cricket-mad grandad.
He resonated very strongly with Middle Australians in the suburbs and the regions who worked hard, paid their taxes and aspired for their children to have better prospects in life than their own.
His policy to go into Iraq war was very unpopular and since it destabilise middle east and no weapons of mass distractions were found most Australians dislike him for it .
I believe we cannot get involved in politics of other countries , bec if they don't fight and fix their own countries, they will never appreciate their freedom, they have to develop in their own way and in their own time. However invasion is something totally different, it still really pains me that nobody will stand up to China to free Tibet , but that's a different topic !

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