No doubt Howard was largely responsible for the failure of the 99 republic referendum, what with his usual divide-and-conquer strategy, but he was also lucky to strike a gold-standard Fizza as his opponent. A Fizza newly-uber-rich from his infamous OneTel investment, who would survive to fail Australia twice more (Utegate, NEG) before leaving us prey to one of the worst governments in Australia's history.
No doubt Howard was largely responsible for the failure of the 99 republic referendum, what with his usual divide-and-conquer strategy, but he was also lucky to strike a gold-standard Fizza as his opponent. A Fizza newly-uber-rich from his infamous OneTel investment, who would survive to fail Australia twice more (Utegate, NEG) before leaving us prey to one of the worst governments in Australia's history.