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Australia Opts for Changeless Change
John Howard was defeated last Saturday — but not because he was one of America's best friends.
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“I will put aside the old battles of the past,
between business and unions, between growth and the environment,
the old and tired battles between federal and state, between public
and private, it’s time for a new page to be written in Australia’s
history.”
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— Kevin Rudd, victory speech, November 24, 2007.
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It is impossible to put these “battles” aside. They will always
exist. But by creating the excitement and the image of change,
perhaps the new right-wing Labor government under Kevin Rudd will
better be able to continue Howard’s program of economic
liberalization and emphasis on personal responsibility than his
beleaguered, if correct, conservative one. After all, it’s what
occurs that counts, not what we call ourselves — that’s only
important for the modern Left.
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