Mungo MacCallum

Reminded that the Commonwealth was already involved in pre-school and university education, Chifley replied: __hat__ different _ they__e for kids before they__e got souls and after they__e lost them.

...the opportunity for overthrowing capitalism has passed _ Labor governments are the hope of the world._ From that time his commitment to the ALP was unquestioned.

There is an understandable aversion to risk, and a reluctance to plan too far ahead: the modern electorate wants instant gratification and simplistic, populist solutions.

The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to his children and guests for a little light reading.

But perhaps his outstanding contribution to Australian politics was that, after a lifetime of switching sides, he put in place the basic two-party structure we have today: Labor versus anti-Labor. The anti-Labor parties have had many names, but always the same policy: to keep Labor out of office.