John Howard
AustraliapoliticianMaleb. 19395.8Global Dominance: 0.02%John Howard is a former Australian politician who served as the Prime Minister from 1996 to 2007. He is known for his conservative policies and leadership during a period of significant economic growth in Australia, and he notably referred to Victoria as the 'Massachusetts of Australia' due to its center-left political leanings.
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Then Australian prime minister John Howard commented on bad behavior in sports.
Spectators hurling projectiles at match officials is wrong, and should never happenAustralia· 2026-09-21
John Howard is mentioned in relation to his reference to blue-collar workers as 'battlers'.
Australia’s changed, and not in a way that helps One NationAustralia· 2026-09-19
Former prime minister John Howard says immigration has been one of Australia’s great success stories.
John Howard advises against focusing on Pauline Hanson as immigration debate intensifiesAustralia· 2026-09-18
Burke blew the whistle on a bipartisan, two-decade miscalculation since John Howard liberalised Australia’s migration rules in the early 2000s.
Tony Burke shifts Labor’s stance to address housing crisis and voter concernsAustralia· 2026-09-17
John Howard's famous 'we will decide' line has set the tone for Australia’s immigration debate.
The rise of the One Nation-curious CEOAustralia· 2026-09-16
John Howard’s original GST system is being called for an overhaul amid claims it is undermining the national economy.
Every state’s living standards to fall except Western Australia, Productivity Commission review toldAustralia· 2026-09-14
John Howard’s nickname, 'Honest John', was not meant as a compliment, yet he kept winning elections.
More than half of voters don’t trust Anthony Albanese. Can he win them over?Australia· 2026-09-13
John Howard served as Australia’s prime minister for 4284 days and reflects on the impact of the September 11 attacks.
How the former prime minister’s visit to Washington led to the historic invocation of the ANZUS treatyAustralia· 2026-09-10
John Howard was mentioned in relation to the 9/11 terror shock and subsequent wars.
One Nation senator raises 9/11 conspiracy theory in resurfaced podcastAustralia· 2026-09-10
John Howard was the then-prime minister of Australia who invoked the ANZUS Treaty in response to the September 11 attacks.
Peter Hartcher reflects on the 25th anniversary and the fatal flaws in American strategic thinkingAustralia· 2026-09-10
Another former leader, John Howard, advocated a middle path of 'Australian multiculturalism'.
Coalition accuses Labor of using $171 million fund to bankroll seats and entrench ghettoisationAustralia· 2026-08-09
John Howard was the Prime Minister of Australia who did not allow the Tampa ship to enter Australian waters.
একটি স্থগিত ভাষণ, এক নারীর উত্থান: কোন পথে অস্ট্রেলিয়া?
Bangladesh· 2026-08-09John Howard is mentioned for his attempts to appease Pauline Hanson’s supporters during her rise in the political landscape.
Like her soulmate Trump, Hanson hasn’t flamed out. We need to understand whyAustralia· 2026-08-07
John Howard is referenced in comparison to Albanese regarding age and leadership longevity.
Anthony Albanese about to overtake Paul Keating in time as Australian prime ministerAustralia· 2026-08-05
Former prime minister John Howard is referenced in relation to Tim Wilson's political comeback.
is the Opposition treasury spokesman a Liberal Party leader-in-waiting?Australia· 2026-07-31
Former prime minister John Howard still hark back to the debate on multiculturalism in their speeches.
Why the Pauline paradox puts a glass ceiling over One Nation’s ambitionsAustralia· 2026-07-26
John Howard was the Prime Minister who implemented a national gun buyback scheme after the Port Arthur massacre.
Behind Anthony Albanese’s three errors that leave Bondi shooting victims’ families in the darkAustralia· 2026-07-24
Tony Abbott and the Liberals’ spiritual leader John Howard were unbothered by preference swaps with One Nation.
Both the Liberals and One Nation refuse to see the contemporary world as it really isAustralia· 2026-07-22
Albanese even offered an admiring assessment of John Howard, observing that the former Liberal prime minister understood his party.
One union is flying the flag for a fight nobody else at the Labor conference wanted to haveAustralia· 2026-07-22
John Howard is mentioned as a former leader to whom Lynton Crosby advised.
He is a devastatingly good politician, but he is trying to appeal to both sidesAustralia· 2026-07-21
John Howard is a former prime minister featured in Kieran Kelly's book.
Rebekah Giles moves wedding celebrations to ItalyAustralia· 2026-07-16
John Howard noted in a radio interview that the nation’s voters want the value of their houses to keep going up.
Shibboleth about house prices has just been shatteredAustralia· 2026-07-15
John Howard is David Howard's father, who supported him throughout his journey in golf.
The amateur making his Open debut, despite not always expecting to be alive at 27 – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-07-12
John Howard was the prime minister of Australia during the time the network fault caused issues.
How the communications crisis unfolded and what can stop the same thing from happening againAustralia· 2026-07-10
John Howard supports the St George Illawarra Dragons.
How Andy Burnham and Anthony Albanese are linked through shared passion for rugby leagueAustralia· 2026-07-06
John Howard is a former Liberal prime minister referenced for his strategy regarding One Nation.
Liberal leader Angus Taylor must take the fight up to Pauline Hanson’s One NationAustralia· 2026-07-05
John Howard was the then-prime minister who unveiled a plan to revolutionise water allocations in Australia.
Murray Darling Basin review to feel One Nation effectAustralia· 2026-07-05
Among the most sustained features of John Howard’s premiership was its attack on multiculturalism.
Pauline Hanson’s ‘monoculture’ comments gave clearer voice to Coalition’s anti-multiculturalismAustralia· 2026-07-02
John Howard is a former Australian Prime Minister who commented on engaging with Trump's administration.
The inside story of a presidency run on vanity, tariffs and infightingAustralia· 2026-07-02
Former prime minister John Howard joined Coalition MPs in signing an open letter calling for stricter gambling regulations.
Labor’s reform package faces further delays as Coalition and Greens push for inquiryAustralia· 2026-06-30
