Australia was drowning in debt. Then John Howard's razor gang got to work — and delivered ten budget surpluses in twelve years. What did it actually take, and why does nobody in Canberra have that courage anymore?

In this clip from a 2018 conversation with John Anderson, former Prime Minister John Howard talks frankly about intergenerational theft, the hard decisions his government made to drag Australia out of the red, and why every Australian should understand what a budget surplus actually means for their future. With Labor spending like there's no tomorrow, this one hits different.

Via John Anderson Media