a man who does not trust

does not deserve to be trusted.
Howard has never trusted Australians and so he has turned into this clever and successful politician. Beazeley lost me as a supporter when he did not make a stand on principle during the Tampa crisis.
Sadly for us Australians, us owners of the convict, gold-digger, squatter, swaggie, Anzac, Depression, steam-train travelling egalitarian heritage, we are now the minority. The aussies, the owners of the thong separating the backsides at Bondi, the beer can throwers at the cricket, the race rioters, the couldn't care less about the community, the NIMBYs, have become the majority.
The aussies are Howard supporters. He supplies them with immediate gratification. Lower taxes and you don't even have to contribute what you save in taxes to a chook raffle for the community. You can keep it to buy a bigger five bedroom house just for you and your wife. The aussies can even send their kids down to Saturday morning cricket to have them supervised by Australians while they go and have a latte.