The Rudd Government's stimulus packages and its abolition of Work Choices have made the economic situation in Australia worse, not better, former prime minister John Howard has said in one of his first interviews since losing office.
据2009年5月17日Fairfax报业集团报道,前总理霍华德日前表示,陆克文政府的经济刺激方案和废除“工作选择法”使得澳洲的经济状况恶化。他同时支持反对党领袖谭布尔(Malcolm Turnbull),不过也承认谭布尔在下届大选战胜陆克文并非易事。
这是霍华德卸任以来首次接受媒体采访的为数不多个人访谈之一。他抨击陆克文总理上台后废弃了颇具争议的劳资法案“工作选择法”导致澳洲失业率上升。他还表示政府不应该把现金直接发放给个人。