Leftwinger wrote:
Perhaps what you learned is somewhat outdated Lisa. 1971 and 1983 saw some rather major changes occur. What do you think of what I've said - is it right or wrong?
I'm not sure wtf was going on in 1971 given I was born in 1970.
I was at Sydney Uni from 1990 onwards. I went through Uni with Keating's daughter. My Economics Tutor was John Howard's brother. My best friends included the daughters of some notable politicians including the Attorney General's daughter (John Dowd). Let's just say that even since then I've mixed with some very interesting people in my life.
After having read this topic .. I think it's very impt that people realise 2 things :
1) Not everything is able to be googled and
2) Nothing beats lived experience.
As stated previously .. we had a few laughs re Keating and his speeches in Parliament back in the early 1990's. During this period .. he was at Uni (quietly) learning economics and hearing him rehash what he had learned the night before was pretty hilarious at the time. But it made for some good tuts.
Good times.
Oh and I do believe that Keating was subsequently given a few
honorary Uni qualifications (I can recall that happening also). We had a bit of a giggle over that too. The fact remains .. he was funny to listen to when he 1st started out as PM lol
