half of the debt bequeathed to the Howard Govt was left over from the Frazer era - when Howard was Treasurer.
Poirot,
And what did Howard do once he began to get control over the Whitlam debts that plagued Fraser ? Well, I tell you what Howard's Government did, it created a futures fund (now gone) & also a healthy economy (now gone).
I think the Rudd/Gillard stuff-ups will take even longer to overcome.
The really sad part is that these two cookoos couldn't have had a chance in the world to almost ruin Australia if it weren't for their supporting morons at the polling booths.

Dear Individual,

Your ignorance is becoming alarming
because it's so damn consistent.

Foxy,
Ok, what's the ignorant bit in my last post ? can you point it out please & why ?

Palmer's rant was his typical response to avoiding difficult questions about himself.

The original question was about how he financed his Party's election campaign but it suddenly became about something else.

Palmer was a member of Joh's "white shoe brigade" and got his start from insider information about property rezoning and had been financing the LNP until only recently, when he fell out because he couldn't get what he wanted.

His qualifications to be a political leader are extremely exaggerated and depend on media coverage which he is eager to maintain in any way he can.

Add this comment to ones like Murdoch's ex-wife being a Chinese spy plus the Greens/CIA conspiracy theories he was throwing around a while ago and it's easy to see him for the short-term phony he really is.

He's as honest and competent as Abbott and will go the same way - probably sooner than he expects. The "love affair" with Hansonism didn't last as long as many expected either.