Australian Left Review

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Briefings: 1. Danny Boy 2. Rural Revivalism 3. Gulfest

Abstract

They cheered, the 30,000 who converged on Melbourne's Bourke Street on the first Friday of January. Danny Johnson stood on a platform and they cheered when he said interest rates should be reduced by four or five or six percentage points. They screamed "No!" when Danny Johnson asked they if they wanted Paul Keating to be the next Prime Minister.