“Bill Shorten will be hoping the Year of the Pig is an omen for him in other ways. It also happened to be the Year of the Pig in 2007 when Kevin Rudd won the election against John Howard, as well as in 1983 when Bob Hawke knocked off Malcolm Fraser as PM. Gough Whitlam’s 1972 victory came a year too late to also qualify”.
Source: Peter van Onselen, writing in The Australian