The 1996-2007 Howard Government made the most determined attempt to change Australian society since the brief and revolutionary Whitlam era of the early 1970s. LIBERAL RULE is a documentary series that explores the evolution, rule and impact of John Winston Howard. With the help of Howard himself, his closest Ministers, Chiefs of Staff and advisors, plus Australia’s leading political historians, social scientists, economists and authors we examine the Howard philosophy and his reform agenda for our economy, our society and our international relations. Nothing like it has been attempted in Australian television.