Nov 11, 2005 00:09
30 years on and today the draft laws for the IR reforms passed through the House of Representatives, leaving an optimistic Howard expecting them to also pass smoothly through the Senate. Last week, 'urgent legislation' for the new counter terrorism laws were essentially forced through parliament.
To quote Malcolm Fraser, the ex Liberal PM (albeit, a debatable title), in 50 years time we will look back and regard now as a very dark time in politics, a time when we have gone backwards with our freedom.
November 11 was Armistice Day, a bushranger was slaughtered and Gough was betrayed