Has Anyone Else Met Tony

[grandmoon]

I met him while working for a government department.

Has anyone else met ??

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I met John Howard. Shook his hand when he came to tour the Speedo factory during his election campaign.

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Then what happened later? Speedo sold to an overseas country and no longer manufactured in Australia?

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yeah thanks to Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.

[cherry*135]

Could have been under Johnnie's reign.

Speedo and was eventually taken over by the [British] Pentland Group in the 1990's. 

[march470]

[cherry*135]

Criticism of a current Prime Minister is not hate.

[debra9275]

Well I don't like him, never have and never will. He's proven to be exactly what I expected unfortunately

[cherry*135]

Or even worse than expected.

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

Could have been under Johnnie's reign.

Speedo and was eventually taken over by the [British] Pentland Group in the 1990's. 

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No it was while Bob Hawke was PM.

"In 1983, when Hawke became Prime Minister, Button became Minister for Industry and Commerce, a post he held until 1993. During this period Button carried through major changes in industry policy, lowering tariffs and reducing other forms of protectionism. This caused large job losses in manufacturing industry and provoked bitter opposition among Labor's trade union base."

The factory lingered on for a while but finally closed in 2000. When John Howard was PM.

[li.vish]

Hi everyone, the discussion is getting a little heated.  Please be sure to keep your communications civil.  Thanks!

[colic2bullsgirlore]

Will be in the same auditorium with him today at 2pm. (and little Johnny) It will be interesting regarding the pecking

order re the funeral cortege down Wallace Street to the main Street of Macksville Cooper Street AKA the M1 or the

pacific highway.( it is tradition to allow the cortege to pass by the business precinct and for the shops to close their doors

with any staff still working to stand out the front as a mark of respect for the family.)

When everything calms down is when duck and Ginny  will most need support. I must put it on my list of things to ask

them of what transpired

The locals have had the circling media  "vultures" up to the ears.

In 1965 the same type of thing happened in Macksville when Farnk Partridge a local VC recipient (and pack a box star)

died.... The pollies got pushed to the back.

  A pic from my personal collection of Franks funeral cortege making it's way down Wallace Street  which was then the

Pacific highway...

I wonder whether channel 9 has ever heard of the word cortege?? procession sounds so disrespectful

approximately 2500 people attended Frank's funeral

If he goes to the wake he will definitely need a crash helmet