I think that's correct, he was GIVEN the title....
He would be a good leader for these times. He moulded the Accord and told the nation something it needs reminding of today....perhaps that's why he's offering his opinion to Mr Rudd so often now!
"If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for. We will end up being a third rate economy... a banana republic".
(Speaking to John Laws on Radio 2UE, May 14, 1986).
