more often than not a child learns their behaviour from the parents. he was a noted lefty and most certainly passed on his beliefs to jules so occonems statement is more than likely accurate.
referring to the article by onselen - is this the same "peter i believe you julia van onselen" of sky?
first if it wasnt for china we would not have survived the gfc - the eastern states however certainly suffered, - rudd/swan/gillard had nothing to do with it. it was thanks to private industry and the voracious appetite of china -
second i find it difficult to believe that there weren't some people in the labor party who didnt even remotely suspect that the surplus was a dream - are they all that sycophantic that they believe everything said by the leadership?
