say my name

The name of the Australian Government is the Australian Government (or, if you're a little bit nostalgic for the good old days, you can call it the Commonwealth, which has a nice ring to it, doncha think?).

Not the Howard Government. He doesn't own it. And, by extension, he doesn't own us.

So Julia Gillard...whom I can hear nicely handling some fairly soft questioning (ooh no, update, it's just got a wee bit tougher, question about Labor relations with trade unions) on 7.30 Report behind me, but she is at least answering the questions...don't fall into the same trap.

Call it by its proper name and maybe others will do so too - make sure all your colleagues call it the Australain Government, and we can start to reclaim what is ours, not his.