Howard in the Catbird Seat
Election results on Thursday confirmed that Australian Prime Minister John Howard will be the first PM in 24 years whose party also controls both houses of parliament.
Key priorities of Howard were blocked during his first three terms in office because his conservative coalition government did not have a majority in parliament’s upper chamber, the Senate.The results announced on Thursday made it likely Howard would succeed in his long-delayed plans to sell off a majority stake in the government’s 30 billion Australian dollar ($22.4bn) majority stake in the national telecommunications giant Telstra.
Costello [Howard's deputy in the ruling Liberal Party] said the government also would push other legislation that the Senate rejected during the government’s first three terms, including deregulating the labour market and reducing constraints on small businesses that want to fire staff.
I see a boom in the Australian economy over the next few years. Now if only I were as rich as the Democrats say I am, I would be able to scrape together a few thousand to buy some Aussie stock. But nnnoooooooooooo!
John Howard’s Conserative Party Takes Both Houses Of Parliament In Australia
Looks like the Aussies have made their choice. And their choice is a strong economy, strong military and a bright future as they have elected the conservatives into power. I’d just like to let our mates down under know that…