1/ Gutted Vocational trading TAFE leading to generational skills shortages necessitating unprecedented levels of skilled immigration & resulting in sectoral rorts

2/ Created massive inequalities in school education funding that gutted public education & exacerbated social division > 3

Related - he turned the flag into a white pride symbol.

Howard's rebranding of naked greed - one of the seven deadly sins - as 'aspiration', something he and other politicians viewed as praiseworthy, is a long-lasting piece of bastardry. It let people feel ok about being selfish & grasping. Now we have unassailable negative gearing & franking credits.

He also systematically undermined the value of public education, painting it as a last resort and promoting the notion of "school choice", meaning anyone with a choice would never choose public ed. These attitudes dramatically widened the existing inequity His legacy here cannot be underestimated.

Howard was the racist dog whistler leader. He also passed policies that have directly led to the current housing crisis, cost of living crisis and unhealthy reliance on the USA for defence. He also cemented the Murdoch press as LNP propaganda arm. His only positive legacy was gun laws.

Where is actual Mayor Tom Tate?