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Reply #30 - Apr 18^th, 2021 at 1:22am

lee wrote on Apr 17^th, 2021 at 2:47pm:

Dnarever wrote on Apr 17^th, 2021 at 2:15pm:

Without the non ambiguous commitment to never ever introduce a GST under any government he led Howard would never have been PM - never ever - not for 1 day.

So people should never change their minds? Bizarre.

Dnarever wrote on Apr 17^th, 2021 at 2:15pm:

Howard started planning to introduce a GST in the first 6 months of forming his first government.

And then took it to an election. Wink

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So people should never change their minds? Bizarre.

Howard never changed his mind - the commitment he made was a lie. He had always believed in a GST. He suggested it under the Fraser Government, He was the driver for the Hanson GST that lost that election. In fact this is the reason that his party made him lie by promising to never ever have a GST in their policy.

The First Howard governments first major policy was this one. He had only just barely stopped promising to never ever when he started the planning process to do it, it could not have been much more than 6 months after forming government. They announced the well developed plan they had at the 14 month mark in the first term where they promised not to. He didn't even keep his commitment for 12 months (maybe not even 6 months).

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Reply #31 - Apr 18^th, 2021 at 1:35am

The only thing I recall about Mr Peacock was how I managed to screw up about who he was when the teacher asked the class (in 1991) "who was the Prime Minister". Most of us got "Bob Hawke" as the answer. One girl who got it wrong said "I thought it was Andrew Peacock". I laughed the loudest in the class. Then the teacher said "Oh, alright. Since you laughed, who is Andrew Peacock?". My response: "He's the treasurer!". Even a few of the students in the other class had a laugh. And my response about saying "atleast I did not think he was the Prime Minister" did not mitigate my mistake.

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Bam Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21905 Gender:	Re: Andrew Peacock has died Reply #32 - Apr 18^th, 2021 at 1:49pm State funeral will be held for Andrew Peacock, Prime Minister confirms
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 100218 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Andrew Peacock has died Reply #33 - Apr 18^th, 2021 at 1:51pm Bam wrote on Apr 18^th, 2021 at 1:49pm: State funeral will be held for Andrew Peacock, Prime Minister confirms "a state memorial service in Australia," he said.
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