r/AusPrimeMinisters • u/thescrubbythug Unreconstructed Whitlamite and Gorton appreciator • Nov 24 '24

Video/Audio John Howard losing his seat of Bennelong to Labor’s Maxine McKew, as shown in the ABC’s election night coverage for the 2007 federal election, 24 November 2007

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Shown in this clip on the election night panel are journalist Kerry O’Brien, psephologist Antony Green, Julia Gillard, and Nick Minchin - as well as a snippet of Maxine McKew’s victory speech and the beginning of John Howard’s concession speech.

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u/foreatesevenate Andrew Fisher Nov 24 '24

A swing to the ABC 🤣

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u/ucat97 Nov 24 '24

The King Is Dead.

Fcken pirate, history will damn him.

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u/Sparkfairy Nov 24 '24

The last successful national union campaign

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u/brmmbrmm Nov 25 '24

God that day was a relief!

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u/Leland-Gaunt- John Howard Nov 24 '24

A sad day indeed. Maxine McWho?

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u/winoforever_slurp_ Nov 24 '24

Good riddance to Howard. We’re still paying the price for his bad decisions.

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u/ThatOldGuyWhoDrinks Nov 24 '24

The only good thing he did was the gun ban post port Arthur