1/4 Some of the things that John Howard, Jacinta Price's 'hero', did while in office
😡committed Australia to the 2nd Iraq War
😡demonised asylum seekers including the Tampa affair and 'children overboard'
😡undertook the Intervention
😡introduced WorkChoices
😡rejected the Kyoto protocol
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😡committed Australia to the 2nd Iraq War
😡demonised asylum seekers including the Tampa affair and 'children overboard'
😡undertook the Intervention
😡introduced WorkChoices
😡rejected the Kyoto protocol
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His biggest stain is negative gearing and CGT discount.
😡sabotaged the republic referendum
😡changed the marriage act to specifically prohibit same-sex unions
😡squandered the mining boom instead of establishing a sovereign wealth fund
😡gave unsustainable tax cuts skewed towards the rich to buy votes
😡infrastructure pork barrelling
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😡appointed GG Peter Hollingworth
😡refused to set up a royal commission into child sexual abuse saying it would only put money in the pockets of lawyers
😡gave large funding increases to private schools at the expense of public schools
😡politicised the public service, sacking 6 Dept heads
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😡encouraged Canberra bashing incl by refusing to live at the Lodge & cutting 11,000 public service jobs
😡made lying OK with 'core' & 'non-core' promises
😡systematically removed the moderate part of the liberal 'broad church', and
😡made us a smaller, meaner and more divided nation.
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