The Liberal Party that forgot what held it together

Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard gestures during a press conference in Sydney, 13 April 2006, after appearing before the Cole Inquiry into the Australian Wheat Board (AWB). Howard denied seeing a series of diplomatic cables warning that the nation's wheat exporter could be paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraq in breach of UN sanctions. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)