Hmmm, I'll have to ask the boss about that !

Bazz I must agree with you. The World has been blessed with so many great male political leaders, let me draw up a list:

(1) Adolph Hitler
(2) Benito Mussolini
(3) Joe Stalin
(4) Attila The Hen (has balls)
(5) Any Bush (take your pick)
(4) Rasputin
(5) The Mad Monk

A would be statesman. A man amongst men. A man of wisdom. A Leader of the peasants. A woman's dream.
How could anyone go past such a distinguished man.
A born leader, fearless of nothing,
Turnbull.

579,
Turnbull?

I remember Keating's advice to Rudd about Turnbull.

1. He's brilliant. He catches onto new concepts readily.
2. He's fearless. When he believes in something strongly, he goes all-out.

But -

3. He has no sense of judgement. Because of Points 1 & 2 above, he has an overinflated sense of arrogance and ego and doesn't take advice from others, preferring to believe he's infallible.

It's because he ignored his National Party colleagues and because he didn't take advice to the contrary about matters such as Godwin Grech, that they (narrowly) dumped him.

I doubt that he'll be back as leader - although I suspect he thinks differently.

sounds like Keeting was talking about himself.

No Bazz, He was talking about Bob Hawke. Then again it could have been John Howard talking about Peter Costello. Or was it Andrew Peacock talking about John Howard, then again Gough Whitlam was most likely talking about Malcolm Fraser or vise-verse......Bob Menzies.......Billy Hughes......Edmond Barton......Henry Parks..........Arthur Phillip....and so on and so on...IT FITS THEM ALL! Not to sure about the brilliant and fearless part though, but there is a good case for the:
He has no sense of judgement.he has an overinflated sense of arrogance and ego and doesn't take advice from others, preferring to believe he's infallible. They left out Tony and Julia, what a shame.