Quentin Byrce

Godwin Grech, the former senior bureaucrat at the centre of the so-called Utegate scandal three years ago, struck a chord in conservative circles yesterday with a suggestion that John Howard should be Australia’s next Governor-General.

Even Howard thinks it'd be a silly idea. Photo: Herald Sun

Normally, anything the discredited Grech said would matter little.

In the same magazine article for example, the Liberal Party’s Treasury mole, who for years supplied leaked documents to help damage the Labor Government, complained about a lack of “apolitical public service professionals”.

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  • StevenK says:

    07:12pm | 20/08/12

    @Peter..if you spent as much time researching as you do calling people names you would know that the Tampa was not a Govt ship.  You would know there had been an enquiry and Howard was shown to be a liar who decieved the Aussie taxpayer to get elected. The use… Read more »

  • ted says:

    03:45pm | 20/08/12

    Howard would be great…... Laurie put you “It’s Time” badge back on ......ALP zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Read more »

 

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