US shows the way
Daniel Flitton - April 6, 2014
Senior Correspondent

Back in the days when George W. Bush would cheer on his mate John “Man of Steel” Howard, the chief aide to Australia’s foreign minister kept a private list. He jotted down every instance where Australia had broken ranks with the US, a way of defending the regular charge the Howard government blindly followed in Washington’s footsteps.

Back in the days when George W. Bush would cheer on his mate John “Man of Steel” Howard, the chief aide to Australia’s foreign minister kept a private list. He jotted down every instance where Australia had broken ranks with the US, a way of defending the regular charge the Howard government blindly followed in Washington’s footsteps.