re: howard wins next election
you are way out of touch - though a lot of people do not particularly like Howard, the Liberal party has at least maintained a solid front for many years, (despite their leadership issue) - say what you like about Howard, but he has great management skills to have controlled his party so well for so many years..... and that is acknowledged by his opponents
we have labor on the other hand who brawl in public, destroy their chances with in-fighting now on a regular basis, whose policies are only gainsaying the liberal party's policies, whose roots are indeed poisonous and no saviour in sight....
who, in their right mind will vote labor except for the zombies.... elections are won by swinging voters - labor has lost any appeal it ever had..... and the IR laws don't even come into it, they never did at an election in history.... Howard will get another term sure as eggs.....