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John Howard’s one big blunder: persuading Malcolm Turnbull to stay

7 October 2019

4:16 PM

7 October 2019

4:16 PM

John Howard is a great Australian and a great Liberal.  Over the 75 years if its existence, only two figures stand out as true giants of the party: its founder and most successful leader, Sir Robert Menzies, and Howard.

But in his desire help the party stay strong into the twentieth century, Howard unwittingly almost destroyed the Liberal party as we know it.

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