"Not long before that we hear that a prime minister gave his brother some money of ours to save that other fat bald headed bigots business. These are the times we live in."
Urban myth.
The insolvency of National textiles generated a highly controversial settlement involving the Federal Government - controversial because at the time the company was chaired by Stan Howard, brother of Prime Minister John Howard, and because the Government contributed $4 million towards the workers' entitlements.
