Where It All Went Wrong

Name: Where It All Went Wrong
Brand: Scribner Australia
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The case against John Howard

By: Amy Remeikis

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Paperback | 24 February 2026

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On the thirtieth anniversary of John Howard coming to power, a searing analysis of the untouchable prime minister: the story of how the âgreat economic managerâ sold away our future.

John Howard is often revered as one of the great Australian prime ministers (1996â"2007): economically prudent, politically astute, ârelaxed and comfortableâ with Australiaâs identity, venerated by the Liberal Party and grudgingly admired by the Left.

Why then â" just twenty years later after his government ended â" are we in such a mess?

Amy Remeikis is one of our most astute and convincing political commentators, and here she argues for a complete revision of how we see Howardâs tenure, for the first time holding him to account against the future he created. Of our modern crises, most are caused by his policies. Housing crisis? Guilty. Work insecurity? Guilty. Giving away gas? Guilty. Climate denial? Guilty. Rise of the far right? Guilty. American lapdog in foreign relations? Guilty. Jingoistic tracksuits and flag-wrapping? Guilty and convicted.

Far from being âgreat economic managersâ, the Howard government bought Boomer votes with franking credits and negative gearing, sacrificing the generations now inheriting the nation. They sold out their children and grandchildren for mining billionaires, investment properties and annual cruises.

Amy Remeikis is the highly informed voice of these dispossessed generations. In showing us where it all went wrong, she illuminates the path to a better future.

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