Billy was a brilliant politician, strategist, and on issues like Vietnam and Conscription, a real thinker.
Dear reader, we think you’d have to agree that whichever way you look at it, the Morrison Government represents a profound and deep seated change of direction for the Coalition Government. Right across the board, on the front bench, the back bench, and back into the party machinery the party is new, confident and reinvigorated. Indeed we would like to go so far and say that as far as innovation, forward thinkingness and courage it reminds us in so many ways of the Macmahon Government. A government so radical it bought to us the Whitlam era of fundamental change.
Stable Government. Billy’s front Bench. A NO sheila zone. A great Liberal tradition.
For instance, just the other day we heard form Barnaby Joyce. It seems the former deputy leader has a a lot to say about policy direction, and he always gives his two bobs worth. And Bob Santamaria and Bob Menzies would be proud to know that their policy direction of nothing much in particular is the right thing. Mr Morrison himself is deterrmined to get the message right. There will be NO CHANGE. No change to tax inequity, No change on climate. There is NO issue with climate. No change on inequities right across the board.
This is the sercurity and safety of policy planning that all Australians need, and it sets us up for at lest the next few weeks with stability and security. Security in knowing that we will have the same Prime Minister at least until the Grand Final is over. And security in knowing that the toughest border restrictions EVER are on hand to ensure that only the odd au pair may get through the net.
And still there’s criticism. A few malconent women don’t iike being abused, belittled and dumped with a barrage of mysoginy. Well the word is; ‘it’s a tough game’, and that’s what we like, these boys play it tough and toughness gets results.
Billy’s ministry. More evidence of strong leadership and no sheilah’s.
A few results thus far. Aborignal Australians know they’ve got a man of action as their special protector. Not since Augustus Robertson have Aborignial Australians been so protected by a man who’s got a handle on their problems. And he’s got the equipment to ensure that their problems will be looked at and possibly augmented with better incarceration, better disenfranchisement, and better isolation, better as he famously said; to equip them for their ‘lifestyle choices’.
And in the vexed question of energy, the party is in lock step. There is no question of energy. The public, parliament and the population are crying out for coal. Well that’s what their lobyists tell them, and the rest of us are not entitled really to have an opinon on such high level issues.
On refugees, the word is may they rot forever. A true sign of compassion. And for the big businesses who pay no tax, yet reap fortune from the taxpayer, the message is; “it’s business as usual’.
Billy rehearses for the annual Parliamentary ball 1972. Sadly he was kicked out before he could present his ” little Jack Horner” routine to the press gallery.
No reform is doing Australia good. Good for shareholders and good in the knowledge that with no change, there are no RISKS. And we are all SAFE.