I have never heard anyone ever be so correct of Keating the visionary. Keating ideas are almost Chinese DNA, many many years ideas ahead of all of us. So much so we called Keating out of touch. Yet his ideas in later years have been an example of an exceptional human being. Barrangaro, Bangery creek for the second Sydney airport just to name a few. Keating was a brave politician that was never afraid to front up and take responsibility for unfavourable policies,such as Mabo. The Australian political landscape is been in the wildness ever since Paul Keating resigned, no long visionaries left. George Melanogenis is an intelligent interlect.

next thing that happened, Turnbull killed the biggest nation building project we've had. Fibre NBN would have made us world class choice. greed is a hell of a drug

George Mega is a brilliant journalist with great insight into modern Australian political & social history !!

Albo, Clare, Dr Jim Chalmers seem to be the best possible candidates for ALP leadership..

@Millez

8 ай бұрын

Liam knew his stuff...

Yes,I have always seen Keating as a visionary but more importantly a practical real world visionary. His an intellectual giant. Hawke was more popular but its Keating you want in charge

Don't see Bill Shorten being a dreamer or even Plibersek

@stevenvankoutrik5643

9 жыл бұрын

agree

@HyperHorse

6 жыл бұрын

Ozipeter I’ll vote for them over the right wing scoundrels like Turnbull or Abbott.

I love George, he just gets it. Thanks a lot for posting this.

Hmmm, yes. A politician who believed in something and faught for it. Who would have thunk it?

The difference between Keating and Abbot I thought was obvious. Keating for his many faults made an attempt to kick start the country into the 21st century, engage with Asia, get the balance with the employer and the employee right, and get the nation maturing into a nation in its own right without British ties. Unlike Abbott and his daddy Howard, he didn't make attempts to destroy education or give more to the wealthiest of the wealthy at the expense of the have nots or white ant attempts to have an Aussie as head of state. Australia has never been as polarised as it is now, where bullshit and fear rule over hopes and ideas. Australia in 2013 has the government it deserves...deal with it.

@Chinomareno

10 жыл бұрын

Weak electorate and political class, all parties are turning the path of least resistance to win power. Hawke and Keating were better socialists at the same time as being better capitalists than the Tories of this country. I mean come on, the people are willing to accept an economically unviable 30 billion dollar rube goldberg machine piece of public infrastructure in the FTTN NBN because they believe up to 25mpb(keep dreaming) is enough for the average punter... all to save a whole 10 billion in up front capital(which they won't be able to anyway when they buy Telstra's copper). Us cowering plebs aren't worth an extra 10 billion over 8 years to secure a profitable universal world class service, "that's a Ferrari!" according to the LNP, that would be too good for the public. A poor person might get something as good a rich person! Can't have that. Meanwhile Labor can't even defend it's own vision because it might not poll as well as they like with the rabble since it can't fit into a neat press briefing. Aussies love to sneer at Americans for being dumb but we elected our own anti-science Mitt Romney for the next 3 years.

@terrythekittie

10 жыл бұрын

Chinomareno- good points, and yes, we have no problem being dumbed down first by Howard, and Abbott continuing the campaign. Turnbull ought to know better.

@latenightlogic

6 жыл бұрын

What faults?

Really what he's saying should be fucking obvious to the Labor party. Do you really need to be a brillinat political strategist to understand it? He speaks bloody common sense. Play to your strengths!

people say Keating was hated whilst PM. polls varied and yes he never had the popularity of Hawke at his peak but at the 96 election he was still slightly more popular than Howard check the poll.

Megalogenis should run for office

so ahead of his time and a gift. dumby-aus swapped him for howard of all ppl

Paul John Keating was the best PM we had to have. A true visionnary who had courage and imagination !!!

@JohnnyPunchClock

Жыл бұрын

What did he imagine? Looks like he just copied everyone else and filled his pockets.

Why can’t this guy run as PM as Keating 2.0

No thank you. This blokes dreaming.