John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

What the Labor Party in this nation cannot and will not understand are the beliefs and the philosophies of a Labour Party leader who has won three general elections in the United Kingdom, and that is my good friend Tony Blair. On 9 September 1997, when addressing the Trades Union Congress in London, he told them that the old days of going out on strike and promoting class division were over. Let me quote his words. They should be written in stone for every member of the Australian Labor Party. He said:

You should remember in everything you do that fairness at work starts with the chance of a job in the first place …

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