By Alan Ramsey
Here are a hundred and fifty of his unflinching perspectives of key political occasions of that period, between them: the customarily turbulent Hawke/Keating years, the 1990 recession 'we needed to have', Labor's beautiful dumping of Bob Hawke in December 1991 after he had led his social gathering to 4 successive election victories in 8 years, the Howard Government's slavish subservience to the Bush White condo, the insidious channeling of Hansonism, John Howard's 'never ever' GST, the invasion of Iraq, the disintegration of the Democrats as a political strength after the 1997 defection to hard work of its chief, Cheryl Kernot, the manipulation through either side of politics of the 2001 kids overboard incident, and the scandal of the Governor-General who finally resigned after the cover-up by way of the Anglican Church in Queensland of serial baby abuse in church schools.
Yet Ramsey's prepared eye usually saw with affection the values and behaviour of others in nationwide existence, and he was once as able to provide credits as he was once to put into the humbug, pomposity and deceit of political, own and sectional self-interest.
Some 'matters of opinion' of Alan Ramsey
'There isn't any one now, and not anyone coming alongside, who can write like this.'
David Marr
'I' ll omit his profound dislike of hypocrisy and his intuition for simple speaking.'
Kerry O'Brien
'A lion of a journalist in each way.'
Michelle Grattan
'In an area of journalism the place sameness is a vice, Ramsey is fullyyt his personal man.'
Les Carlyon
'For years his column has been a vital, usually relaxing, often uncomfortable, a part of my Saturday morning regime.'
Kevin Rudd
'He consistently additional to my Saturday morning enjoyment.'
Peter Costello
'A needs to read.'
Bob Brown
'Grumpy outdated bastard. heavily unique.'
Bill Heffernan
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