Ummm.....I don't think Rudd was responsible for the first two of those...it's not overly educated to attribute globally hinging factors like petrol prices or interest rates to a change in govt - they only came down courtesy of economic collapse. But agreed Howard was not great. His achievements can be summed up as: i) gun control ii) GST (necessary if you like it or not) iii)elimination of public debt. Apart from that, most else was negative (esp. fourth term IR laws)

wow then you must really hate our last few labor pms because those were the real dickheads. the only thing they were good at are spending money and fucking the economy up.

no howard did a far better job then any labor pm we have ever had. all labor has ever done is spend spend spend and fuck up the economy.

bullshit, so far rudd has done more good stuff then howard did in his time as pm

He was okay they both were. They have different kinds of ways at working the country. Rudd helps the people, Howard helps the country as a whole.

Best pms ?????????? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO 13 years of Howard for what? Im better off under Rudd now than i ever was under Howard. Lower interest rates Lower petrol prices Family bonus!! I could go on but whats the point your a brainwashed uneducated moron.

howard is one of the best pm's weve ever had way better than rudd

howard is one of the best pm's weve ever had way better than rudd

For are the americans here, aussies arnt really that nosy its just our former pm was a dickhead and please dont let him ruin your view of aussies.

Howards a joke and he got kicked out on his arse last year. Howard is nothing more than a criminal.

Labor and Liberal are nothing but Traitor Scum Nick Griffin Australian tour. Free speech now stormfront davidduke Downu ndernewslinks =(This is what you scum are guilty of) nsm88radio Australia calling radio show

It was one year ago, November 24 2007.

Even though your comments aren't polite, but my raw emotions agreed with you!

agreed!

Well, Mr Howard, Bush will be joining you in couple of months. Maybe you two can suck each other off in preparation for your reserved spots in Hell. Obama would literally have to sell this country to Mexico to do any worse than W. Oh yeah, and for all you racist, bigots out there; you're out numbered.

I disagree

same horse different jockey.

typo, one year ago

why don't you just keep your thoughts to yourself buddy

sorry, you're right it was two years ago. my bad

Wow. two fucking idiots

2 years ago???? It was about exactly 1 year ago

We voted John Howard out about two years ago. The main reason why George Bush and John Howard had so much in common was because both of their heads were filled with nothing but air. John Howard may have brought our ecenomy back up but he made so many decisions that would only benefit him and the Liberal Party. If only we had the same American law that a leader can only stay in for two terms, we had to put up with Howard's leadership for 11 years. I'm very glad that Barack Obama is now president.

I agree

In Australia I watched Obama from the begining of his election run, during the campaign his speeches were inspirational & moving however since he has been elected I am not too confident about his ability to delivery in line with the expectation placed on him by Americans, people seem to view him as a kind of savior and any negative commentry spoken against him is struck down, I think people need to realise that as Barrak mentioned it could even take up to one term to fix some of the issues.