The latest in a long and degenerating line of educational phoneys has been bumped upstairs. Clearly, war in Iraq and Afghanistan is preferable to sniping at education, so Brendan Nelson has taken his tiny pop-gun off to Defence—POPE offers support to our troops: let’s hope they can spell!
So, after four years of posturing on the political stage, what is Nelson’s legacy? Let’s examine some of his pronouncements and measure them against the facts.