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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 110790"><p>The problem with Keating though was that he was an arrogant *******. Also, for all his desperate attempts to try and un-hitch Australia from its connections to the UK by 'engagement with Asia', he failed miserably with most Asian leaders literally laughing him out of town and Australia still pondering its role in the world in its post Dominion era. He may have set up APEC, but not many Asian nations took much notice. </p><p></p><p>If Paul Keating was the Australian Parliamentary equivalent of Chihiro on TRF, John Howard is the equivalent of someone like....like....well not an outrageous guy who thinks before he speaks.</p><p></p><p>But, if anything, he really should be remembered more for his major economic reforms, allot of them actually implemented by John Howard's administration. And herein lies his legacy, back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Keating's attempts to wow Asia were at their most desperate peak, Australia was referred to by one Asian head of state as the "trailer trash of Asia" to the chuckles and chortles of the assembled Asian Tigers. </p><p></p><p>Today however, now that Keating's policies have had the time to take effect and two decades on, you see the roles suddenly reversed. The so called tigers have collapsed and are now actually flocking to a highly successful Australia which has the manufacturing, service sector, mining and the know how to make things happen.</p><p></p><p>When you think about it, Keating didn't really need to chase Asia, if he kept his eyes on the long term, he would have been more prudent to wait for the Australian economy to mature and simply wait for Asia to come to him.</p><p></p><p>Now <em>that</em> is a legacy for Australia to celebrate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 110790"] The problem with Keating though was that he was an arrogant *******. Also, for all his desperate attempts to try and un-hitch Australia from its connections to the UK by 'engagement with Asia', he failed miserably with most Asian leaders literally laughing him out of town and Australia still pondering its role in the world in its post Dominion era. He may have set up APEC, but not many Asian nations took much notice. If Paul Keating was the Australian Parliamentary equivalent of Chihiro on TRF, John Howard is the equivalent of someone like....like....well not an outrageous guy who thinks before he speaks. But, if anything, he really should be remembered more for his major economic reforms, allot of them actually implemented by John Howard's administration. And herein lies his legacy, back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Keating's attempts to wow Asia were at their most desperate peak, Australia was referred to by one Asian head of state as the "trailer trash of Asia" to the chuckles and chortles of the assembled Asian Tigers. Today however, now that Keating's policies have had the time to take effect and two decades on, you see the roles suddenly reversed. The so called tigers have collapsed and are now actually flocking to a highly successful Australia which has the manufacturing, service sector, mining and the know how to make things happen. When you think about it, Keating didn't really need to chase Asia, if he kept his eyes on the long term, he would have been more prudent to wait for the Australian economy to mature and simply wait for Asia to come to him. Now [i]that[/i] is a legacy for Australia to celebrate. [/QUOTE]
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