by John Howard
power (see Constitution (Commonwealth))
restructuring (Patrick), 292–96
tax, 492, 539
see also botttom-of-the-harbour tax schemes; business
Corporations Law, 296
Corrigan, Chris, 291–95, 297, 299–300, 590
corruption
Painters and Dockers Royal Commission (1980), 110
Cosgrove, Peter, 336, 349, 353–54, 358, 408, 445, 448, Plate 22
Costello, Peter
as barrister, 563
as MP (from 1990), 178–79, 196, 200
as deputy Liberal leader (1994–2007), 202–3, 206–9, 222, 224, 234–35, 603, 607, 611, 613, 617, 619, 622, 637–38, Plates 19–20
as Treasurer (1996–2007), 235–36, 238, 242, 260, 266, 281, 321, 339, 369, 378, 535–38, 541–43, 570, 575, 606, 619, 621
as Treasurer (budget 1996), 232, 240–41, 263–66, 268–69, 501, 537–38, Plate 20
as Treasurer (budget 2007), 546–47, 585, 630, 635–36
as Treasurer (budgets 1997–2006), 264, 304, 370, 545–47, 629–30
as Treasurer (budget 2007), 546
as Treasurer (GST & tax reform), 304–8, 312–14, 316, 361, 363, 365–67
as acting PM, 613
leadership succession, 600–626, 647, 650, 654 (see also Liberal Party of Australia leadership)
marriage & family, 63, 207
republican debate, 320–23
resignation (2009), 602
Costello, Tanya, 63
Costello, Tim, 320, 333
Costigan, Frank, 110
Cotton, Bob, 67, 92
Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, 272–73, 279–82
Council of Australian Governments (COAG), 557
Country Liberal Party (NT), 169
Country Party. see National Party
country people. see rural Australia
Courier-Mail (Brisbane), 577
Court, Sir Charles, 159, 209–10
Court, Ken, 210
Court, Richard, 209–10, 262, 323, 366
Cousins, Geoffrey, 685
Cowen, Sir Zelman, 329, Plate 18
Cowper, NSW, 5
Cowra breakout (World War II), 9–10
Cox, Laurie, 617
CRA. see Conzinc Riotinto Australia
Craig, Jack, 26
Cramer, Sir John, 42, 50, 58–60, 66–67
Craven, Greg, 329
Crawford Inquiry, 288
Crean, Frank, 68, 71–72, 86
Crean, Simon
as ACTU President, 564
as leader of the opposition (2001–3), 375, 413, 416–17, 419, 435–36, 440, 443–44, 449–50, 455, 482
cricket, 12–13, 15–16, 18, 25, 49, 149, 164, 181, 442, 463, 466, 529, 590, 592, 594–95, Plate 3, Plates 25–26
Cridland’s case, 109
crime, 109–10, 489, 567. see also botttom-of-the-harbour tax schemes; drugs
criminal justice system, 490
Crombie, David, 581
Crone, Peter, 314
Crook, Ken, 168
Crosby, Lynton, 310, 318, 364, 372, 687
Crosby/Textor (pollster), 584, 641
Crouch, Michael, 688
Crown. see Governors-General
Crows Nest, NSW, 304
Croydon, NSW, 39
CSR. see Colonial Sugar Refinery
cultural identity. see Australian identity and values
Curran Scheme, 108–9
current affairs. see world politics
Currie, Sir Arthur, 5
Curtin (federal electorate, WA), 206, 210
Curtin, John, 23, 651, 659
customer service, 19
Customs Bureau, 91
Cyclone Tracy (1974), 78
D
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 264, 364, 577, 594, 641
Dalai Lama, 501, 509–11
Daley, Paul, 621–22
d’Alpuget, Blanche, 52
Daniel, Troy, 688
Darling Downs, Qld, 161, 172
Darling Harbour, NSW, 289
Darling Point, NSW, 3
Darwin, NT
Bali bombings, 413
Cyclone Tracy, 78
East Timor, 337, 342, 345, 353, 356
Petrov affair, 22
Dauth, John, Plate 21
Davis, Glyn, 530
Dawkins, John, 201, 514
Dayton Accords, 349
De Crespigny, Robert, 617
Deakin (federal electorate, Vic), 179
Deakin, Alfred, 603
Deane, Sir William, 28, 232, 323, Plate 20
Dearlove, Sir Richard, 439
death duties, 302–3
debating. see speeches
debt. see government spending
Deegan, Brian, 419–20
Deegan, Josh, 419
defence
Beazley’s knowledge, 309
chief of the Defence Force, 238
departmental secretaries, 102, 238, 408–9, 526
Fraser as minister, 51, 113
Hill as minister, 435
Howard Government, 234, 236–38, 357–58, 376–77, 537, 539, 545, 606
Howard’s interest, 147–48, 181, 254
Lindsay as parliamentary secretary, 645
McLachlan as minister, 236–37
Moore as minister, 362–63
Nelson as minister, 613
Newman as shadow minister, 237, 362
Pauline Hanson, 258
Reith as minister, 363
Rudd Government, 511
superannuation, 613
world politics, 29
Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO), 445, 454
deficit. see budgets
Delecretaz, John, 189
democracy
Australia, 231, 233, 313, 327–28, 502, 511, 588, 591, 648–49, 670–71
Bush’s freedom agenda, 468–70
China and, 512
India, 530, 674
Indonesia, 514, 517–20
Iraq, 454, 458–59, 475
Islamic extremism and, 431
Israel, 29
leadership, 462, 671
Reagan’s values, 669
US, 673
Zimbabwe, 523–24
Democratic Labor Party (DLP), 19, 34–35, 63–64, 74
Democrats. see Australian Democrats
demographic shifts
Bennelong, 89, 646
China, 674
politics of state aid, 31
Dempsey, Jack, 13
Deng Xiaoping, 512
Denison, (federal electorate, Tas), 169
Denistone East, NSW, 646
Departments. see public servants; the names of Departments, e.g. finance
Depression (1930s). see Great Depression
deregulation. see government regulation
Desert Fox (1998 operation), 428–29, 515
Desert Thunder (1998 operation), 428–29
detention centres. see immigration; refugees and asylum-seekers
Detroit flight (2009), 426
devaluation (1976), 94
Development Import Finance Facility (DIFF) Scheme, 501
Devine, Frank, 181
diary entries
JH, 203, 441–43, 606–7, 616, 618, 627, 631
JH’s father, 14
Diego Garcia, 389
DIFF. see Development Import Finance Facility (DIFF) Scheme
DIO. see Defence Intelligence Organisation
diplomacy & consular services
Bali bombings, 412, 416–17
Blix, 434
Bosnia, 349
climate change, 560
East Timor, 336, 345, 347–49, 351, 356–57
Howard, 6, 587
Indonesia, 422, 519
Iraq, 432, 434, 437, 451
Karzai, 391
Keating Government, 227
Peacock, 141
Rudd, 516
Turkey, 440–41
see also foreign affairs
direct-ele
ction republicans. see republican debate
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), 641
disadvantage, 47, 256–57, 261, 271, 277, 282, 487
disasters. see natural disasters
discrimination, 234, 256, 271, 276, 283
dismissal. see Whitlam Government
distribution of social benefits, 486
divorce law, 45, 58, 73–75, 495–96
DLP. see Democratic Labor Party
Dobell (federal electorate, NSW), 598
Dodson, Louise, 612
Dodson, Mick, 273–74, 278–79, 285
Dodson, Pat, 272–73, 279–82
dogs, 14, 295, 451
Doherty, Jack, 17
dole. see employment; social security
Dollar Sweets case, 178, 563
domestic violence, 205
double dissolutions
agitation for (1990s), 242, 275
opportunities (2000s), 652, 663
see also elections (Federal)
Downer, Alexander
family, 203, 211
as MP, 165, 171, 654, 683
as shadow minister, 196–97, 200, 603, Plate 19
as leader of the opposition, 139, 202–12, 217, 220, 603, 615, 682
as Foreign Minister, 203, 235, 253, 260, 314, 340–41, 346–48, 386, 395, 402, 420, 446, 514, 524, 528, 530, 613–14, 623–25, 630, 637, Plate 20
republican debate, 321
Downer, Sir Alexander, 203
DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions), 641
Dracoulis, George, 554
Draper, Trish, 311
dries. see economic dries
drinking. see alcohol
drinks. see alcohol
drivers, 100–101, 685–86, 688
droughts, 124, 128, 132, 551, 556–58, 560, 637, 639
drugs
Colombia, 473
illicit drug-taking, 489–91
Indonesian laws, 520
Narcotics Bureau, 91
Singapore laws, 599
trafficking, 514
see also marijuana; pharmaceuticals
Drummond, Peter, 77
Drummoyne (state seat), 39–43, 44, 60
Drummoyne, NSW, 39, 41–44 ‘dry grass’, 50–51, 76, 202
Dubai (waterfront reform), 294–95
Duffy, Michael, 187
Dulwich Hill, NSW, 19, Plate 2
Dumoo, Deborah Rose, Plate 24
Duntroon. see Royal Military College, Duntroon
Durack, Peter, 110, 119, 151
E
Eales, John, 596
Earlwood (state seat), 39, Plate 17
Earlwood, NSW, 3, 9–10, 14–17, 47, Plate 2
Earlwood Methodist (later Uniting) Church, 14–17, 42–43, 132
East Asia Summit (2005), Plate 32
East Ryde, NSW, 41
East Timor, 335, 336–58, 370, 376, 402, 420, 424, 435, 439, 451, 470, 515–17, 526, Plate 22
Eastern Europe, 523
economic conditions
1930s (see Great Depression)
1950s–60s, 14, 34, 540
1970s, 54–56, 61, 70–72, 82, 91–92, 94, 98, 540
1980s, 110–12, 122–24, 126, 128–31, 133, 135, 142
1983 summit, 287
1990s, 182, 186–89, 192–97, 227, 232, 261, 288, 290, 335
(see also Asia)
2000s, 368–69, 371, 374, 477, 532–48, 575–82, 584, 587, 634, 638–39, 641, 651–52, 657, 670, 673 (see also global financial crisis)
East Timor, 340
UK, 36, 103
economic dries, 115, 121, 125, 187
economic liberalism. see liberalism
economic policy and management
ALP, 68, 136, 177, 541–42, 635, 639 (see also the names of Prime Ministers and Treasurers)
bipartisanship (see bipartisanship)
Bjelke-Petersen, 156–59, 170
Chifley Government, 11
climate change, 551–56
future, 653, 672
Gillard Government, 653, 659, 661–64
Hawke Government, 94, 116, 118, 126, 141–44, 150, 152–53, 164, 187, 541, 658–59, 662, 665, 3139
Hewson, 183, 185–86, 191–92, 195–97
Howard, in Fraser Government, 67, 92, 95, 100, 102–4, 106–8, 113–14, 120–23, 125–30, 132, 134–36
Howard, in opposition, 140–43, 149, 152, 171–72, 176–77, 181, 183, 186, 196, 212, 215, 220, 222–24
Howard Government, 136, 232–35, 240–41, 246, 263–66, 268–69, 300, 312, 314–16, 361, 367, 370, 379, 387, 458, 476–78, 483, 485–86, 532–48, 586, 589–90, 606–7, 627, 639, 643–44, 649–50, 662, 665, 670
industrial relations, 561–62, 567, 570–71, 573–82, 584, 586
Keating as Treasurer, 319
Keating Government, 143, 188–95, 197, 201, 219, 232, 265, 303, 541, 664–65
Menzies Government, 21, 92, 135, 540
opposition parties, 477
Pauline Hanson, 256, 258
Peacock, 183–84
Rudd Government, 107–8, 651–52, 657–58
Stone’s advice to UK, 103
Tasmania, 479
Whitlam Government, 54–56, 58, 61, 68, 70–71, 76, 82–83, 91, 144, 601
see also budgets; government spending
economic rationalism. see free market economics
Economist, 532
Economist Intelligence Unit, 547
Eden-Monaro (federal electorate, NSW), 481
Edith Cowan University, WA, 518
education and training
Asia, 515
Beazley, 71, 374
computers for students, 642
Fife & Gunn as ministers, 161
Fraser as minister, 113
freedom of choice, 72, 486–87, 670
generational change, 5, 16
government assistance to independent schools (see state aid)
Howard as shadow minister, 181, 185–86, 197
Howard Government policy, 243, 264, 537, 547, 631, 635–36
Howard in opposition, 71–72
Howard’s, 17–18, 25–30, Plate 2, Plate 4
Howard’s family, 16, 25, 49, 221, 245, Plate 14
Indigenous policy, 271
Indonesia, 520
industrial relations, 571
Iraq, 459
Keating Government, 243
Killen as minister, 72
new schools policy, 243, 266, 487
Rice family, 450
Vanstone as minister, 236
waterfront reform, 294–95
see also Canterbury Boys’ High School; Leaving Certificate; universities