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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

 

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