{"id":31029,"date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/nick-xenophon-responds-to-john-howard-criticism\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:00:00","slug":"nick-xenophon-responds-to-john-howard-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/nick-xenophon-responds-to-john-howard-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenophon responds to Howard criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says an attack on him from former prime minister John Howard is a sign of panic.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;At a personal level, I&#8217;ve always liked John Howard, and I&#8217;m very grateful that he&#8217;s given the Nick Xenophon Team so much oxygen in SA with his attack,&#8221; Senator Xenophon said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He says the attack reveals just how panicked some sitting Liberals are.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigning in Liberal MP Jamie Briggs&#8217; Adelaide Hills seat of Mayo on Tuesday, Mr Howard said Senator Xenophon needed to declare his allegiances if he wanted to move away from single-issue politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His anti-poker machine stance caught the popular mood. But he&#8217;s gone far beyond that now. He&#8217;s representing himself as having an attitude about everything,&#8221; Mr Howard told David and Will on FIVEAA Breakfast.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO JOHN HOWARD HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/267886750&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you&#8217;re in that position, you&#8217;ve really got to declare yourself and you can&#8217;t have it both ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t have the purity of abstinent independence but have a view on everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Howard also attacked Senator Xenophon&#8217;s protectionist stance on free trade agreements, saying he should remember what carried Australia through the global financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>But Senator Xenophon described the Howard government&#8217;s free trade deals as badly negotiated agreements which compromised local jobs and increased Australia&#8217;s trade deficit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Free trade agreements are a good thing if they are negotiated with our national economic interest in mind,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that the trade deficit with China has increased at 15 per cent a year since the Howard-era FTA says it all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A recent opinion poll suggested Mr Briggs will be challenged in Mayo by Xenophon candidate Rebekha Sharkie.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Howard told reporters in the seat of Mayo that the Liberal Party would not take any seat for granted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are living in a different, more volatile political climate and any sensible, smart, comprehensive candidate will understand the need not to take his seat for granted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s often in these safe seats that people can sneak up on you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Howard said that in the end the country would either by governed by a Turnbull Liberal government or a &#8220;union-dominated&#8221; Shorten Labor government.<\/p>\n<p>He did not believe Senator Xenophon would win any lower house seats.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition Leader Bill Shorten described the stoush between Mr Howard and Senator Xenophon as bizarre, considering they shared similar views on reducing penalty rates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard the Liberal Party called John Howard off the bench to come and help beleaguered Jamie Briggs in Mayo,&#8221; Mr Shorten said in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the reunion of the Work Choices warriors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>-AAP<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/josh-jenkins-hits-back-at-knock-on-adelaide-crows\">JOSH JENKINS HITS BACK AT KNOCK ON THE CROWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/pre-fight-hype-is-disrespectful-to-muhammad-ali\">DANNY GREEN THROWS A HAYMAKER AFTER ALI\u2019S DEATH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says an attack on him from former prime minister John Howard is a sign of panic. &#8220;At a personal level, I&#8217;ve always liked John Howard, and I&#8217;m very grateful that he&#8217;s given the Nick Xenophon Team so much oxygen in SA with his attack,&#8221; Senator Xenophon said on Tuesday. 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