by John Howard
Australian Wheat Board (AWB), 28, 630
Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs), 242, 249, 567–68, 572–73, 579, 582, 584, 659
Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy (ACM), 200, 320, 323
award system. see industrial relations (labour)
AWAs. see Australian Workplace Agreements
AWB. see Australian Wheat Board
Azores meeting (2003), 443
B
Ba’ath Party (Iraq), 454
baby bonus, 495
Bachtiar, Da’i, 412, 422, Plate 23
Backing Australia’s Ability (2001 statement), 372
Badawi, Abdullah, 515, Plate 32
Bader, Douglas, 13
Badham, Len, 627
Bailey, Fran, 195, 310–11
Bailey, Nigel, 600, 683
Baillieu, Ted, 660
Baldwin, Bob, 221
Bali
bombings (2002), 411–22, 424, 518, 605, 645, Plate 23
East Timor meeting (1999), 343
Balibo, East Timor, 337
Balkans, 356, 429. see also Bosnia; Milosevic regime (Serbia); Serbia; Yugoslavia
Ballarat, Vic, 405
ballots
Bennelong preselection (1973), 60–63
constitutional convention, 320
East Timor, 342, 344–47, 350
Howard’s early experience, 17
Labor leadership, 186–88, 210, 632
Liberal leadership (1974–75), 69, 77–78
Liberal leadership (1980s), 150–51, 171, 180
Liberal leadership (1990s), 184, 196–97, 202–3, 603
Liberal leadership (2000s), 624
see also polls & public opinion
‘banana republic’, 153
Bandt, Adam, 659–60
banks
deregulation (1970s–80s), 105–6, 114, 118, 126–27
foreign, 126–28, 132, 142
global financial crisis (2008), 265, 533
Loans Affair (1975), 83, 85
nationalisation, 11–12
regulatory environment (2000s), 541
see also Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Banks, Norman, 408
Banton, Bernie, 644
Baptists, 320
Barker, Geoffrey, 484
Barlow and Chambers, 514
Barnett, Colin, 666
Baron, Jim, 255
Barrie, Chris, 407–8
barristers
Costello as, 178, 563
Ellicott as, 79
Howard’s career, 27, Plate 4
Howard’s experience with, 26, 28
Hughes as, 32, 52
report on Lynch’s financial affairs, 101–2
tax avoidance opinion, 111
Bartlett, Andrew, 316
Barton, Sir Edmund, 603
Barwick, Sir Garfield, 108
BAS. see goods and services tax (GST)
baseball, 392, 460, 466
Bass (federal electorate, Tasmania), 480–81
Bathgate, Liam, 143
battlers
‘Howard battlers’, 268, 478, 485, 497
Pauline Hanson, 258
republican debate, 334
Baume, Michael, 117, 128, 206
Baume, Peter, 119, 159
BBC, 451–52
BCA. see Business Council of Australia
Beach, Barry, 297
Beale, Julian, 171, 179
Beattie, Peter, 322, 559
Beazley, Kim (junior)
family, 71
as minister in Hawke & Keating Governments, 187, 232, 265, 309, 399, 664
as leader of the opposition (1996–2001), 226, 241, 248–51, 262, 266, 268, 279, 309–13, 316, 349–50, 360, 362, 367–69, 371–75, 386–87, 399–401, 429, 443, 452, 604
in opposition (2001–5), 449–50, 455, 482
as leader of the opposition (2005–6), 484, 547, 577–78, 580, 583, 601, 608, 610–11, 613, 617–18, 620, 628–33, 642, 658
republican debate, 320, 333
Beazley, Kim (senior), 71, 485, 628, 632
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 504
Beinke, Michael, 687
Belgium, 6
Bellevue Hill, NSW, 32, 53
Belmore, NSW, 3, 15
Benaud, Richie, 13
Bendigo (federal electorate, Vic), 69
Bennelong (federal electorate, NSW)
1973 pre-selection, 42, 50, 52, 58–63, Plate 5
1974 election, 41, 63–68
1975–98 elections, 89, 134, 194–95, 214, 224, 308–10
2006 redistribution, 89, 646
2007 election, 620–21, 623–24, 646–47
citizenship ceremonies, 211
electorate office & staff, 598–99, 686–88
GST, 360
Howard as member (see Parliament (Federal))
Liberals, 41, 52, 59–63, 66, 687–88
republican debate, 332–33
Bennett, David, 582
Berlin Wall, 68
Berowra (federal electorate, NSW), 52–53, 60
Beverly (talkback caller), 605–6
Beverly Hills, NSW, 484
BHP-Billiton, 191, 591, 616
Biden, Joe, 429–30
big business
Hawke Government, 143
Hewson and, 190–91
Howard’s upbringing, 20
Biggles books, 13
Bill of Rights, 588, 670
biographies, 13
biological weapons. see Iraq
bipartisanship
Afghanistan, 391
Asia policy, 513
Bali bombings, 413–14, 416, 419
centenary of Federation, 362
East Timor, 337, 341
economic reform, 142–44, 148, 541–42, 658, 662, 664–65
gun laws, 248
Iraq, 429, 443
refugees & asylum-seekers, 399–401
VIP flights, 221
Birney, Matt, 571
Bishop, Bronwyn, 167, 199, 202
Bjelke-Petersen, Joh, 64, 108, 139, 155–69, 170, 563–64, 602, Plate 9
Black, H.D., 17
Blainey, Geoffrey, 323
Blair, Cherie, 612, Plate 15
Blair, Tony, 426, 430–33, 437, 439–41, 451–52, 454, 457–58, 463–64, 471, 473, 508, 522–23, 551, 596, 612–13, 625–26, 650, Plate 29. see also Iraq
Blamey, Sir Thomas, 336
Blanchett, Cate, 655
Blick, Bill, 232
Blix, Hans, 434, 437–38
blue-collar workers, 31, 40, 157, 215, 262, 480–82, 485, 550, 592. see also ‘Howard battlers’
Blue Mountains, NSW, 8
Blunt, Charles, 180
‘boat people.’ see refugees and asylum-seekers
Bolger, Jim, 226, 521
Bolkus, Nick, 187
Bolte, Henry, 34–35, 124
Bolte Government (Vic), 34
bombings. see terrorism
Bonfire Night (Empire Day), 16
Bonnett, Duke, 70
Bonsey, Martin, 232
bonuses, 370–71, 636
books. see reading Booth, Brian, 15
Boral, 267
Borbidge, Rob, 249–50, 262, 322
Border, Allan, 181, 529, 594
border protection, 374, 389, 394, 396, 398–401, 404, 410, 521, 545, 605, 623
Bosman, Rod, 687
Bosnia, 349, 429, 467
botttom-of-the-harbour tax schemes, 109–12, 156
Bourchier, John, 69–70, 77, 91
Bowen, Lionel, 49, 132
Bowen, Nigel, 56
Box Hill, Vic, 169, 187
boxing, 13
Bozanic case, 45–46
BP, 507–8, 514
Bracks, Steve, 559
Bracks Government (Vic), 583
Braddon (federal electorate, Tasmania), 480–81
Bradfield (federal electorate, NSW), 52, 58, 60, 66
Bradman, Don, 12–13, 460, 466, 529, 594
Brady, St
ephen, 684
branch plebiscite system, 59, 672
Brand (federal electorate, WA), 333
Brandis, George, 634
Brazil, 356, 451
Brennan, Sir Gerard, 329
Brereton, Laurie, 49, 289, 350
Bretton Woods, 54
Brickhill, Paul, 13
Briggs, Jamie, 683
‘Bringing Them Home.’ see Stolen Generation inquiry
Brisbane, Qld
1983 election, 134
1988 election, 310
Asian Cities summit, 501
Hewson’s GST, 191
Howard’s visits, 168, 432, 514–15, 584, 645
‘Joh for PM’ campaign, 167–68
Jones as Lord Mayor, 320
members and senators from, 270
Newman as Lord Mayor, 654
sport, 372, 592
World War I, 5
World War II, 17
see also Courier-Mail
Brissenden, Michael, 621–22
Britain
Australian links, 233–34, 284, 330, 332, 335, 362, 500, 513–14, 522, 597, 612–13, 670
Bali bombings, 418
Blair Government (see Blair, Tony)
Carrington as Foreign Secretary, 103
civil liberties, 103
climate change, 522–23
Commonwealth (see Commonwealth; Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM))
Conservative governments, 103 (see also Churchill, Winston; Thatcher, Margaret)
cricket, 463, 594
East Timor, 351
economic management, 522–23, 533
film industry, 14
foreign policy, 431
government transition, 231
health policy, 497
Howard family view, 23, 522
Howard (Tim) in, 377, 386
Howard’s visits, 14, 35–36, 95, 173, 362, 437, 449, 451, 506, 522, 524, 596, 657, Plate 15
industrial relations, 489, 561, 572
intelligence services, 439, 453
Iraq air strikes (1998), 428–29, 515
Iraq invasion (2003), 423, 425–26, 430–33, 435, 437–45, 447, 449, 451–54, 457–58, 460, 464, 473
Labour governments (see Labour Party (UK))
media, 451–52
migrants from, 41, 43
military, 389
Parliament, 52, 499
rugby football, 595–97
Suez operation (1956), 18
tax reform, 303
terrorism, 380, 641, Plate 29
trade, 508, 514
waterfront reform, 300
World War I, 5
World War II, 13, 228, 469
see also London; Northern Ireland
British Broadcasting Corporation, 451–52
Brogden, John, 571
Brokaw, Tom, 4
Broome, WA, 633
Brough, Mal, 283–84, 363, 614, 624–25, 634, 637
Broun, Malcolm, 49
Brown, Bill, 42–43
Brown, Bob, 477, 479, 499–500, 660, 663
Brown, Gordon, 613, 650
Brown, Neil, 151, 153, 564
Bruce (federal electorate, Vic), 179
Bruce, Susan, 685
Brunei, 520. see also APEC
Bryant, Jenny, 407
Bryant, Martin, 247–50, 254
Buckingham Palace, 52, 331–32, 427
Buddhists, 421, 509–10. see also Dalai Lama
budgets
Costello (1996–2007) (see Costello, Peter)
Crean (1974), 68, 72
Dawkins (1993), 201
deficit and surplus (1970s–80s), 91, 105–6, 114, 116, 122, 128–29, 135, 140, 164
deficit and surplus (1990s), 192, 232–34, 240–41, 254, 263–65, 303
deficit and surplus (2000s), 370, 387, 477, 483, 532–40, 543, 545–46, 642
Hayden (1975), 83
Howard (1978), 105–8, 128
Howard (1979), 107
Howard (1980), 107, 116
Howard (1981), 122
Howard (1982), 110, 127–29, 140
Keating (1983), 143
Keating (1985), 149
Keating Government (1995), 664
Lynch (1976), 105, 107
Lynch (1977), 96–97, 105, 107–8
Rudd Government, 533, 535–36, 651–53
Swan, 535–36, 657
see also Charter of Budget Honesty
building industry
GST slump, 367, 370, 374
industrial relations, 547, 566–67, 569, 639–40
Royal Commission, 27, 567
see also home ownership & renting
bulk-billing. see Medicare
Bull, Tas, 289
Bulletin (magazine), 33, 40, 144, 200, 369, 621–22
bureaucracy. see public servants
Burford, Simone, 684
Burke, Brian, 272, 637–38
Burke, Edmund, 200, 213, 670
Burma (Myanmar), 520
Burns, Tommy, 13
Bury, Leslie, 60
Bush, Barbara, 465
Bush, George H.W. (President, 1989–93), 188, 253, 430, 460, 465, 468–69, 498–500
Bush, George W. (President, 2001–9)
2000 presidential election, 465–66, 506
2004 presidential election, 457
Administration, 376–77, 385, 426–27, 445, 448, 452, 465–67, 469, 511–12, 631
Howard’s friendship with, 347, 377, 392, 443, 450–51, 457, 462, 464–75, 551, Plate 15, Plate 29
Iraq invasion (2003), 423, 428–33, 436–43, 445, 448, 450–52, 454–60
as President (2001–9), 347, 376–77, 381–83, 387–92, 482, 528, 530, 549–51, 635
see also democracy
Bush, Laura, 450, 462, 472, 474, Plate 15
Bush family, 450, 472
bushfires, 551
business
Asia, 514
China policy, 503
climate change, 552–53, 662
gun laws, 249
Hawke Government, 142
Hewson’s relations with, 190–91
Howard as minister (1975–77), 91–95, 562
Howard’s relationship with, 79, 104, 111, 127, 488, 538, 589, 590–91, 616–17, 670, 685, 688
India, 530
industrial relations, 562–63, 568, 570, 576, 581–82, 585, 591, 639–40
Iraq, 526
Keating’s relations with, 188
Liberal Party, 189
Moore’s background, 237