by John Howard
Moore-Wilton’s experience, 239
parental leave, 494
politics and, 172–73, 365
regulation (see government regulation)
republican debate, 329
tax policy, 219, 306–7, 313, 361, 591
terrorism, 380–81
Vincente Fox’s background, 442
waterfront reform, 288, 290, 299–300
see also big business; consumer affairs; corporations; small business
Business Activity Statements. see goods and services tax (GST)
Business Council of Australia (BCA), 552–53, 576–77, 580–81, 591
Button, John, 655
by-elections. see elections
Byrne, Fiona, 660
C
cabinet. see the names of governments, e.g. Fraser Government
Cadman, Alan, 71
Cain Government (Victoria, 1950s), 35
Cain Government (Victoria, 1980s), 124, 182
Cairns, Jim, 53, 82–83
Cairns, Qld, 223, 645
Calma, Tom, 283–84
Calvert, Ashton, Plate 21
Calwell, Arthur, 11, 37
Cambodia (Kampuchea), 120, 520
Cameron, Clyde, 82, 88
Cameron, Don, 134
Cameron, Jim, 53
Cameron, Rod, 176
campaign director, Howard as. see Evans; Parkes
Campbell, George, 123, 562
Campbell, Graeme, 321
Campbell, Ian, 633, 638
Campbell, Keith, 112, 114
Campbell Inquiry, 112, 114, 118, 126–27, 265
Campsie, NSW, 3, 33
Canada, 35, 95, 156, 193, 327, 351, 462–63, 523–25, 556, 613, 624, 663. see also APEC
Canberra (federal electorate, ACT)
1995 by-election, 215–16
Canberra, ACT
1975 election, 90
ALP, 216
Howard’s early visits, 33
Keating’s family, 148
Lodge (see Prime Minister’s Lodge)
Long’s walk to, 282
religious services, 419, 496
Thatcher’s visit (1979), 103
US embassy, 380
see also Australian War Memorial; Parliament (Federal); Parliament House; parliamentary press gallery
Canberra, USS, 377
candidates
citizenship, 267–68
office of profit under the Crown, 267
selection (see preselections)
see also elections (Federal); Liberal Party of Australia
Cannington, WA, 598
Canterbury, NSW, 3, 19, 25
Canterbury Boys’ High School, 17–18, 25, Plate 3
capital punishment. see executions
car industry, 11, 121, 190–91, 542. see also Holden cars; luxury cars
carbon pricing, 554, 658–59, 661, 663, 665–66. see also emissions trading system
Card, Andy, 383
card playing, 32. see also gambling
caretaker governments
Fraser (1975), 86–87, 331
Howard (2004), 476
Caribbean states. see West Indies
Carleton, Richard, 133
Carlton, Jim, 59, 61–62, 121, 149–51, 154, 181, 201
Carlton, Mike, 483
Carmody, Alan, 100
Carney, Shaun, 611
Carnley, Peter (Archbishop), 576
Carr, Bob, 186, 190, 216, 248, 322
Carrick, Sir John, 30–31, 37, 39, 59, 67, 71, 85, 159, 165, Plate 18
Carrington, Peter, Lord, 103
Carroll, James (Archbishop), 74
cartoons, 33, 259
Casey (federal electorate, Vic), 134
Casey, George W. (General), 449
Casey, Michael, 685
casual work. see employment
Catholics
DLP, 34
East Timor, 337
Herron as, 270
Howard’s family, 9
L’Estrange family, 57
Lynch as, 144
political representation, 31
Pope, 669
republican debate, 323
schools, 31–32, 243
see also Irish Catholics
Centennial Park, NSW, 49
central bank. see Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
centralised wage fixation. see wage fixation, centralised
centre-left politics, 469, 577, 588
centre-right politics, 173, 235, 455, 457, 464–65, 469, 522
CES. see Commonwealth Employment Service
CFMEU. see Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
Chalmers, David, 284, Plate 23
Chamber of Manufacturers. see Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers
Chamberlain, Neville, 23
Chambers, Brian, 514
Chaney, Fred, 99–100, 102, 119, 151, 180
change
case for, 104, 143, 217
Costello, 365
Howard Government policy, 226–27, 232–34, 241, 251, 311, 365–66
pace of, 174–75, 219, 261
politics of, 186–87
republican debate, 200, 318, 320, 322–23, 329
Chapman, Grant, 134
Chappell, Greg, 164
charisma, 173, 279
charitable organisations, 487–88, 495–96
Charles, Stephen, 101–2
Charter of Budget Honesty, 265, 476–78, 545, 630
‘Chaser’ stunts, 645
chemical weapons. see Iraq
Chen Yonglin, 510
Cheney, Dick, 376–77, 389, 432–33, 465–66, 635
Chernobyl, 554
Cherry, John, 314
Chief of the Defence Force. see Australian Defence Force
Chifley, Ben, 11–12, 338
Chijoff, Karen, 645
children. see families
‘children overboard’ affair. see refugees and asylum-seekers
Chile, Plate 29
China
ambassador to Canberra, 510
Australian embassy, Beijing, 508–9
Beijing Olympics (2008), 597
climate change, 550, 556, 560, 663
Communism, 21, 510, 512
cultural gap, 509–11
economic management, 502–9, 511–12, 533, 536, 634, 674
foreign policy, 520, 530–31
future, 674
Haylen’s visit (1960s), 33
Howard Government policy, 498–512, 515, 522
Howard’s friendship with Jiang, 462, Plate 30
Iraq policy, 444, 511
Korean War, 17
military, 499, 501, 511–12
Reith in, 205
Rudd and, 516
security, 504
trade, 505–10, 529, 536, 543, 545, 657, 672, Plate 30
China Daily, 505
Chinese Australians, 207, 309, 500, 502
Chinese language, 502, 642
Chipp, Don, 56, 76, 84, 97, 242
Chirac, Jacques, 7, 440–41
Chisholm (federal electorate, Vic), 169
CHOGM. see Commonwealth Heads of Government
choice. see individual freedom
Chrétien, Jean, 327, 462, 525
Christianity
Anderson, 176
Bush, 471–72
Downer, 205
Howard’s church attendance, 14–17, 42–43, 132, 227, 419, 447, 496, 504, 648
industrial relations, 576
inter-faith dialogues, 421
practical, 43, 176, 496
republican debate, 323
theology & belief, 15, 31
see also Catholics; charitable organisations; Protestants; sectarianism
Christmas, 19, 47, 356, 426, 491
Christmas Island, 395–98, 403, 405–6
Church of England. see Anglican Church
Churchill, Winston, 23, 35–36, 228, Plate 19
CIA, 434, 451–53
cinema. see
films
cities. see urban issues
citizenship
ceremonies, 211
Head of State, 330
Indigenous policy, 271
parliamentary candidates, 267–68, 365
civil liberties (UK), 103
civil rights movement (US), 36
civil war, 261
Clarence River, NSW, 5
Clark, Helen, 350, 402, 462–63, 521, 525
Clark, Manning, 73
Clark, Phillip, 604
Clark, Tony, 688
Clarke, Gary, 645
class prejudices, 483, 673
Cleary, Phil, 189
climate change, 522, 549–57, 560, 589, 627–28, 633, 642, 650, 652–53, 660–66. see also Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; emissions trading system (ETS); Kyoto Protocol
Clinton, Bill, 346–47, 384, 428–29, 465, 471, 498, 501, 505–6, 515, 522, 534, 550, Plate 27
Clinton, Hillary, 384, 429–30, Plate 27
CNN, 346
Coady, Reg, 40–42
COAG (Council of Australian Governments), 556
coal industry, 12, 156, 553, 555
Britain, 522–23
Coalition
governments (see the names of Prime Ministers)
Liberal–National Party relations, 165–67, 176–77, 179–80, 568–69, 666–67
non-parliamentary work, 79
Northern Territory, 666
older Australians, 370
in Opposition (see Opposition, Coalition in)
republican debate, 52, 199–201, 207, 217–18, 319, 322, 330, 334–38, 371, 670
tax reform, 313, 316, 360, 365
transport policy, 287
Victoria, 177, 180
waterfront reform, 291, 297
whips, 78–79, 91, 206, 606
see also Liberal Party of Australia; National Party; shadow ministers
Coalition of the Willing (Iraq), 443, 445, 447, 456–60, 464, 468, 606
Coates, Peter, 553
cocaine. see drugs
Coffs Harbour, NSW, 5
Cohen, William, 347
Cold War, 21, 33, 68, 346, 432, 530, 554, 671
Cole, Terence, 27, 567–68, 630
Cole, USS, 387
Coleman, Patrick, 684
Coleman, Peter, 40, 42, 59–60, 62–63
Coles, Arthur, 659
Collard, Stan, 163
Colombia, 473
Colombo Plan, 515
Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR), 5, 7
Colston, Mal, 243, 266
Coltart, David, 526
Combet, Greg, 571–71, 640
commerce
China policy, 503, 505
Howard as shadow minister, 79
Lynch as minister, 102
see also trade
Common Agricultural Policy (Europe), 96
Commonwealth (British), 523–26, 530, 587, 671. see also
Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM)
Commonwealth Bank, 120, 306, 503, 541, 545, 591, 664–65
Commonwealth car drivers, 100–101
Commonwealth Employment Service (CES), 236, 488
Commonwealth functions (Officer inquiry), 265
Commonwealth Games, 592, 612
Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM)
1961 MCPM, London, 671
1979 Lusaka meeting, 103
1997 Edinburgh meeting, 339, 516, 523
1999 Durban meeting, 327
2002 Coolum meeting, 524
2003 Abuja meeting, 525, 596, Plate 27
2005 Valetta meeting, 599
Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices, Sydney, 67, 99, 232
communism
China, 21, 510, 512
Howard’s upbringing, 14, 17–18, 21–23
Indonesia, 337–38
politics (1950s–70s), 33–35, 37, 74
Soviet, 346
Vietnam, 394
Communist Party of Australia, 21–23, 510–11, 671
community activism, 42–44, 65, 188–89
Community-Business Partnerships, 488
community services
Newman as minister, 363
Patterson as minister, 496
Vanstone as minister, 363
companies. see corporations
competition, 12, 20, 79, 127, 156, 662, 672. see also consumer affairs
compulsory arbitration. see conciliation and arbitration
computers for students. see education and training
Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, 104, 107, 122–23. see also Australian Industrial Relations Commission
conciliation and arbitration system. see wage fixation, centralised
Connolly, David, 60
Connor, Rex, 82–83, 85
conscience votes. see free votes
conservation policy, 107
conservatism
Bronwyn Bishop, 199
Bush, 472
Costello, 207
honours system, 240
Howard’s family, 10, 50
Liberals, 76, 202
republican debate, 217
Shepherd, 159
see also political conservatism; social conservatism
Conservative Party (UK), 35–36, 103, 437
Conservatives for an Australian Head of State, 329
Constitution (Commonwealth)
bank nationalisation, 12
British Parliament, 52, 332, 362
casual Senate vacancies, 64
Communist Party, 21, 510–11
corporations power, 582, 615
deadlocks between houses, 69
Governor-General’s powers & duties, 21, 85, 88, 331, 649
gun laws, 250, 252
preamble, 284–85, 328–30, 333
referenda (see referenda)
republican debate, 317, 321, 324, 328–31, 335
Senate blocking supply, 84
water policy, 560
constitutional convention. see republican debate
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), 478
construction industry. see building industry
consular services. see diplomacy & consular services
consumer affairs
Howard as minister (1975–77), 91–95, 562
Howard as shadow minister, 79
contractors. see independent contractors
contracts, employment. see industrial relations (labour)
Conzinc Riotinto Australia (CRA), 590–91
Cook, Billy, 597
Coombs, John, 297
Cooper, Russell, 250
Cope, Jim, 81–82
Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, 550, 552, 555–56, 560
Corbett, James J., 13
Corby, Schapelle, 520
corporate state, 142
corporations
Howard as minister, 91