Review: Where It All Went Wrong by Amy Remeikis

Political journalist Amy Remeikis takes a long hard look at the Prime Ministership of John Howard and examines how his old fashioned style leadership and unwillingness to compromise may have led to many of the social problems that we are experiencing in contemporary Australia. It has been thirty years since Howard was elected and nineteen since he was voted out of office, but many problems can be linked back to the policies of the time. 

This was an interesting read, particularly as I was in my early teens and too young to vote when Howard was elected, and, during the early part of my adulthood I was against many of his policies, in particular sending Australian troops to Iraq. However, Remeikis goes far deeper than my personal quibbles with Howard and takes a deep dive into many of the policies such as negative gearing that have had far reaching consequences. The book is well researched and far more than a moral panic that pins the blame on today's problems on someone who cannot fight back (and probably wouldn't anyway). It's a reminder how how the policies of one generation can have deep and far reaching consequences and the need for a government that will look ahead to the future.

Recommended. 

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