mhaze,

Henry David Thoreau was an American abolitionist who was
a strong believer that government was unjust. As a result
he did not pay some of his taxes and was thrown in jail.
Upon leaving prison he wrote "Civil Disobedience" as a
means to educate readers on the corruption of government.
He believed that Americans have a right to revolt against a
government which they feel is unfit to govern.

Thankfully this is Australia, not America.

Thanks for the history lesson, Foxy. But since I mentioned him you might guess that I know more than a little about him....a lot more than a 40 second Google search will reveal.

For example, even though Thoreau wrote the words in the quote, he said it was a long since established truism rather than his original thought. So his background is rather superfluous. Except if you're trying to find some way to discredit something you'd prefer wasn't true and can't find a valid reason to do so, in which case you've done the exact right thing.

mhaze,

The quote that you attributed to Thoreau is not his.
Perhaps you don't know as much as you think you do.

Perhaps you might actually benefit from a 40 second Google
search? Although I suspect in your case it might take a bit
longer.

That doesn't sound like you.
ttbn,
I did say; the inevitable corruption

Foxy,
The genuine reality opposes the fiction. Other way round will be the case.
Or, don't you check on the characters putting up their hands for positions ?

The Whitlam years were during a time of global inflation and a global fuel crisis, similar to what we face today.

A difference is that the "buying back the farm" concept was not only abandoned by Fraser but following governments have sold off almost all of what was left (mostly to other countries) so it will be interesting to see how we fare.