See this? Howard and other right wing politiciams have realised they can say one thing and do the opposite - the public are (like the markets) ignorant and indolent.
In building his case, Whitlam did not miss the opportunity to fire some shots at the Liberals. Speaking of the detailed program that Labor took to the 1972 election, he said: "We did not feel free, after the elections, to distinguish between core and non-core promises" - a distinction made by John Howard after winning the 1996 election.
Nor, he said, had it occurred to his government that Australia's national interests could be served "by severing them from Australia's international obligations and reputation" - a reference to the Howard Government's criticism of the United Nations.
Core and non-core promises?? More like the ones they knew were lies.
