Personally the obvious favourite is Whitlam who got us half way to Norway's sovereign fund and gave me mostly free university (yes kids it was for a brief span), until the CIA said no (if you believe). Hawke was a personable, likeable weasel, or maybe that was the rise of neoliberalism. As to worst I'm going with Morrison a toxic moron, with Johnny Howard as close runner up who did far more damage but had a less punchable face and did gun control. Honourable mention to onion eater Tony Abbot as the most tolerable liberal PM, mostly because he actually holds a hose, even after politics (as I understand it).

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If its only while i've been alive, then i think its going to be Albanese. I know its early, but they're delivering in meaningful and long term ways. Something i can't claim to have experienced.

Turnbull was rat-fucked by his own party from the beginning, but given clear air could have put the nation on the right track earlier, and was instrumental in diversifying Australia's media landscape, and proving that the Liberals can't ignore climate change, or authoritarianism some things that Party is still trying to figure out.

I's too young for Keating and Hawke, they seemed good, but my lifes challenges are fundamentally different to the challenges of their leadership tenures.

If i had my choice overall, then maybe,

John Curtin

Set Australia on the path of rational balancing between great powers to enact an independent path. Ostensibly for WW2 but it might've been for more.

He hated Keith Murdoch, and his dictatorial practices over media. Fuck the Murdochs. I actually know a different Murdoch family, lovely people. #notallmurdochs

He's the only WA PM. West coast best coast baby!!

And did a fair number of things like follow a Keynesian full employment goal, exapansion of social state type stuff.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

WA has a decent claim to Hawke. He went to school and university here, his uncle was WA premier. He wasn't born in WA and didn't represent WA in parliament. But he was a good WA boy.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah true! Fuck, how did i forget that! Theres even that new school over Subi way.