When John Howard returned as leader of the federal parliamentary Liberal Party on 30 January 1995, his party was in power in every state and every territory. This is how matters stood on that date and on the anniversary of the date in subsequent years.
Just think, Libs were afraid of the damage One Nation posed, so they all huddled behind Howard. Look where it got them…hahahahahahahahaha.
Quite an achievement then, yes? Brilliant.
I would like to wish Andrew all the best for the future and just say “Mate I haven’t laughed so much in years”!
I have my own chart regarding John Howards reign.
It starts on March 1st 1996.
Some may say, that’s when Johnny got elected.
I say that’s the day I got married.
And…. I settled my divorce 3 days before the last election.
11 years of misery
Australians will chuck out any of their state governments as soon as the Libs become electable, but this could be years away because the Libs will be lucky to rebuild in 1 term even in NSW. Old governments are bad, but useless oppositions are worse.