I WAS DRUNK AT WORK - [HOWARD]
John Howard has admitted addressing Federal Parliament while drunk
during his so-called "wilderness years" after losing the Liberal
leadership in 1989.
A new biography on Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister
reveals Mr Howard was deeply affected by his 1989 loss to Andrew
Peacock, breaking down in a tearful apology to staff and sometimes
drinking too much.
"Without the responsibility of a leadership role, Howard would on
occasion drink more heavily than he should," the book, John Winston
Howard : A Life by Peter van Onselen and Wayne Errington, says.
On one occasion, after over-indulging at a farewell dinner for a close
friend in 1990, Mr Howard admitted entering the chamber drunk.
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Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 25 July 2007
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22130111-952,00.html
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