I think we recognise that, we are incredibly lucky, and both Keating/Hawke and Howard/Costello deserve a lot of credit for that.
My concern is that your last paragraph could end up being applicable to our current PM.
If & that is a large if at the moment Labor does win the next coming election then i would put a couple of $ on Kevin being asked to step aside within two years if not for my version of a wet dream then maybe for Combet or Shorten.