that's just being silly and allowing personal political prejudice to cloud ones' judgement...
keatings' contribution to public life has been well documented and took place over several decades and continues to this day... one doesn't have to be a labor supporter to recognise a talented operator..
his '80s reforms of the economic and financial underpinnings of our economy set the stage for our recent prosperity and his shepherding of superannuation has enormous implications for individual prosperity in retirement as well as being of enormous importance to the operation of financial markets today..
his failing, in conservative eyes, is that he doesn't tend to pander to establishment mores and the hypocrisy of the middle-class wannabes who see conservative political alliances as a badge of honour for what they think of as economic rationalism but is really just good old fashioned selfishness and greed...
