Turning point elections have a habit of acquiring their own mythology in Australian politics, and creating invaluable history lessons for all politicians.But it is also true that they only go a certain way to predicting the future.1972 was the “It’s Time” election narrowly ending 23 years of conservative rule; 1993 and 1998 were the two GST elections – one in which the Australian people rejected and one which they reluctantly accepted a radical new tax system.Further back, 1969 is now known as t…
