St George of the Garden wrote on Dec 21
st, 2014 at 11:12am:
Well worth a read, and it makes some good points. A summary:
* The poll asked for who was the best Treasurer out of a selection of past and present Treasurers. It is being misreported as who is considered the
worst Treasurer.
* The poll only included Howard, Keating, Costello, Swan and Hockey as options. Thirteen people served as Treasurer in the past 40 years: Jim Cairns, Bill Hayden, Phillip Lynch, John Howard, Paul Keating, Bob Hawke (for 1 day), John Kerin, Ralph Willis (twice), John Dawkins, Peter Costello, Wayne Swan, Chris Bowen, Joe Hockey.
* Some respondents appear to be confused, especially the 13% of people aged under 35 who rated Howard as best
Treasurer despite having no memory of his tenure in that job.