There are a lot of anniversaries at present. We covered the 20-year anniversary of the Hawke-Keating government pretty thoroughly last week, but didn’t get to the 7-year anniversary of the Howard government. And it’s 3 years today since the bursting of the NASDAQ bubble. So, I’m inviting any thoughts on these anniversaries before I try to post my own later in the week.

As always, feel free to comment any issue, civilised discussion and no coarse language please.

Come on, guys! Monday evening and no comments at all. I’m disappointed!

As usual, I invite comments from all and sundry on any topic, asking only that you stick to civilised discussion and avoid coarse language. I hope to discuss the anniversaries of the Howard and Hawke-Keating governments during the week. Others may want to get in first.

Monday 2:30 The comments thread is already lively, with the various personalities of the Hawke-Keating era being critically assessed from a range of viewpoints. Mine will be coming soon.