Petard
I tend to read Australian political news items in terms of how they might contribute to the Howard Government’s downfall. In this vein, I was idly chuffed about the kerfuffle over interest rates. Of course, this has probably come rather too late, but any holes in the Government’s credibility with the Aspirational Australian is a plus, in my view - given that said Australians didn’t seem to be perturbed by other blatant lies, e.g. Children (Never Thrown) Overboard. If the lies over interest rates did swing any votes away from the Liberals, I might even call it a case of being hoist by one’s own petard, given that the last election was indeed the Interest Rates Election.
On a similar note, these same Australians would be right to be disenchanted in the Government’s announcement that they will ‘have to’ raise the threshold for the Medicare safety net.
Of course, what should *really* be making them sick is stuff like the miserable conditions of ‘out of sight out of mind’ asylum seekers on Nauru, but then mediocrity rules here, as Le Tigre might say.
yes, it all looks bad for the Howard g’nment, being caught in two blatant pre-election lies in as many weeks - however, they surely know that now is the time to behave abominably, and that they can repent at leisure in the 2007 show-down with portly old Kim Beazley.
Comment by mark — 4/18/2005 @ 4:19 pm
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