Grattan on Friday – Anthony Albanese needs some meat in his first 'vision statement' next week
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
John Howard is an icon for the Liberals and a confidant for Scott Morrison. So he was the obvious choice to star at last week’s dinner to mark the 75th anniversary of the party’s founding by Robert Menzies.
Howard joined the celebratory tone of the night, declaring “Morrison, you were magnificent” in a play on Menzies’...