The hubris of the chatterati is here for all to see:
Sydney Morning Herald snob Sam de Brito sneers at “the voting public’s moral indifference”: Of these plasticine people the poet Virgil said: “Let us think no more about them, but look once and pass on.” Pity they’ll decide our next PM.
Roger Foley recalls: Two weeks before election day the Labor Party and Prime Minister Keating were very gloomy as all opinion polls pointed to a landslide victory for the Liberal Conservative party. Everyone, including all but two Labor supporters considered the election was ‘unwinnable’.
The idea for a concert, an event to show support for Paul Keating, was generated at The Screen Producers Conference in Canberra in December 1992 … Over dinner a mutual understanding was reached that the arts community should do something to help the Labor Party and Paul Keating.
On February 28, 1993, the nation witnessed Arts For Labor’s great celebration. And history was changed:
A re-invigorated Paul, knowing he was loved by the most important people in the country, the arts community, then went on to win the election 13 days later.
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