Howard denies waste, takes credit for fiscal health

By Jonathan Swan, Peter Martin
January 12 2013 - 3:00am

THE former prime minister, John Howard, has rejected the charge that his government spent wastefully, saying ''the reason Australia dodged the global downturn was due to the strong fiscal position of the Howard government''.

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