Political Assessment - May 96
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The Payback PM ?
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The 10 May 1996 decision of John Howard for a gun grab and implement the Labor Party's firearm policies leads us to the possible motivatiation of Howard.
Two things come to mind and one must ask whether this was payback plan to get rid of & destroy -
[1] The NATIONAL Party - particularly the Queensland Nationals who sabotarged Howard's 1987 run for PM.
[2] JEFF KENNETT and his Govt. in Victoria - who had been caught out saying nasty things about Howard on a mobile phone to Andrew Peacock in 1987, was a possible contender to replace him as leader in Canberra, as moves in that direction were being privately touted.
Such plan would have also suited the forthcoming political agenda which has since unravelled wherein farmers, particularly in Queensland ( dairy - sugar - & others ), have been sold out by city Liberals who have been ideologically wedded to scorched earth free trade economic rationalist policies ( the policies they are told to implement by their funders - the banks ) & getting rid of the Nationals and their say in Parliament reduced if not destroyed the ability of country people to resist that agenda.
Alternatively was this a very clever plan by the Labor Party to let Howard walk into a trap to do the same ? That in fact makes more sense than the first proposition.
It is quite clear Howard had no regard whatsoever for the effect on the Nationals or rural people or those city people who were recreational users.
Shooters should be aware Victorian National Party Minister Bill McGrath ( with support of Queensland National Minister Cooper ) held up the 10 May meeting for hours telling Howard it wasn't a sound policy to pursue but he would not listen.
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