by John Howard
policy issues, 174, 371
reconciliation, 14, 272–73, 276–81, 312, 328–29 (see also Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation)
republican debate, 319, 324
Tickner as minister, 225
treaty, 174, 271–72, 282
Wik decision, 268, 272–77, 283, 371
see also Hindmarsh Island Bridge, SA; Stolen Generation inquiry
individual contracts. see industrial relations
individual freedom, 72, 425, 475, 486–87, 669–71. see also private enterprise
Indo-Chinese refugees, 394, 398
Indonesia
Army (TNI), 342, 345, 347–48, 351, 353, 517–18
Bali bombings, 411–14, 416, 419–22 (see also Bali)
border issues, 155
climate change, 550
East Timor, 336–51, 353–54, 357, 424, 439
financial crisis (1997–98), 516, 542
forest policy, 553
Howard Government relations, 514–21, 522
Howard’s friendship with SBY, 462–63
Howard’s visits, 514–18, 522, Plate 23, Plate 31
Iraq policy, 437, 439–40
Keating’s policy, 514
natural gas, 507
refugees & asylum-seekers, 393, 395, 397, 402–4, 521
security treaty, 227
terrorism, 422 (see also Bali)
tsunami (2005), 283
World War II, 528
see also Bali
industrial relations (labour)
Abbott, 653
Andrews as minister, 582–83
Ansett, 387
award system, 219–20, 241, 562, 565, 567–68, 572–75, 579–80, 584
Brereton as minister, 289
Brown as shadow minister, 564
Cameron as minister, 82
contracts (see workplace or enterprise agreements)
Costello, 178, 650
department, 297
enterprise agreements (see workplace or enterprise agreements)
fairness test (see WorkChoices)
Fraser as shadow minister, 70
Gillard, 107, 638, 659
Hockey as minister, 634–35
Hockey as minister assisting, 582–83
Howard as shadow minister, 185–86, 197, 220, 591
Howard Government, 233, 235–36, 241, 269, 400, 489, 541, 543, 547, 561–86, 590–91, 612, 621, 628–39, 659, 665 (see also WorkChoices)
Howard in Fraser Government, 107
Howard in opposition, 136, 139, 141–42, 153, 158, 219
Kennett Government (Vic), 192, 298
Peacock as minister, 120
Reith as minister, 235–36, 241–42, 287–92, 294–95, 297–99, 362–63, 565
see also Australian Industrial Relations Commission; Australian workplace agreements; freedom of association; independent contractors; labour market policy; secondary boycotts; unfair dismissal laws; waterfront reform; WorkChoices; workplace or enterprise agreements
Industrial Relations Commission. see Australian Industrial Relations Commission
Industries Assistance Commission, 91, 93–94, 658
industry, 102, 121, 242, 289, 300, 362, 509, 542, 550, 553, 585, 590, 662. see also service industries
Industry Commission, 190
industry protection. see tariffs
inflation
1970s, 55, 60–61, 72, 82, 91, 95, 105, 107, 124
1980s, 119, 124, 128
1990s, 264, 392
2000s, 535, 540, 576, 641, 643–44
information technology (IT) industry, 543
infrastructure, 537
Innisfail, Qld, 619
INR (Bureau of Intelligence and Research), 453
intelligence (security)
Howard Government, 411–12, 539, 545
Iraq, 434, 436, 438, 440, 445, 447, 451–55
interest rates
1970s, 105–6, 112
1980s, 118, 123–24, 126–28, 134, 152
1990s, 182, 192, 215, 227
2000s, 370, 483, 534, 540, 627–28, 635–36, 638–39, 641–44, 649
RBA’s authority to set, 105–6, 264–65, 368, 534, 542, 544, 641, 643–44, 649
Interfet force, 349, 351, 353, 356
Intergenerational Fund. see Future Fund
intergenerational report. see Charter of Budget Honesty
international affairs. see world politics
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 426
International Climate Change Partnership (ICCP), 555
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 204
international finance. see Khemlani, Tirath
International Labour Organisation, 488
international law
Iraq, 387, 432, 440, 442, 445, 459, 468
Israel, 28
maritime protocols, 395, 397–99
Serbia, 468
UN, 468–69
see also border protection; world politics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 103, 339, 512, 535–36, 542, 551, 570, 576
International Organisation for Migration, 404
Interpol protocols, 414–15
investment incentives, 92
Ipswich, Qld, 256–59
Iran, 426, 459
Iraq
1991 Gulf War, 460, 468
1998 operations, 428–29, 443, 461, 515
2003 invasion, 385, 392, 423–61, 464, 468–71, 473, 475, 483, 499, 511, 515, 605–6, 613, 623, 627–28, 637, Plate 22 (see also Coalition of the Willing)
Australian Democrats, 315
Australian embassy, 483
Australian troops, 355, 447, 454, 460, 464
Fraser’s opposition, 135
refugees, 406
sanctions, 389, 428, 435
stabilisation, 448–49, 454, 475
terrorism in, 357, 451, 526
UN, 345, 356–57
Wahid’s education, 517
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 423, 425–30, 434–36, 438–41, 443–45, 447, 449, 452–55, 459–66, 469–70, 483
Iraq Survey Group, 452
Ireland, 41, 64, 442, 613
Irish Catholics, 31, 40, 73–74
Irons, Steve, 598
Irvine, David, 508–9
Irving, Malcolm, 688
Islam
Bosnia, 349, 467
East Timor, 351, 515
Indonesia, 357, 419, 421, 424, 437, 440, 463, 517–19
Iraq invasion (2003), 424–25, 431, 437, 440, 442, 447
mainstream, 388, 425, 431, 463, 518–19
Malaysia, 515
Pakistan, 442, 463
see also Shi’ites; Sunnis
Islamic extremism, 68, 373, 388, 411, 414, 420, 425, 431, 456, 460, 463, 645. see also 11 September 2001; al Qaeda; Bali
Israel, 28–29, 35, 173, 221, 351, 380, 425, 591, 660
IT. see information technology
Italy, 173, 351, 380, 406, 633
J
Jackson, Margaret, 553
Jamaica, 525
James Hardie, 644
Janvrin, Sir Robin, 331–32
Japan
climate change, 556
economic management, 538, 542, 674
foreign policy, 520, 528
G7 meeting (1979), 103
Howard Government relations, 527–28
Howard’s visits, 147, 339, 515, 522, Plate 31
investment from, 156
Iraq policy, 458, 473
nuclear reactors, 554
Rudd and, 516
security cooperation, 458, 473, 512
tariff protection, 96
terrorism, 380
trade, 529, 672
tsunami, 554
World War II, 10, 17, 30, 337, 458, 527–28 (see also Pearl Harbor)
Jeffery, Marlena, 649
Jeffery, Michael, 649
Jema’ah Islamiya (JI), 411, 420
Jenkins, Bob, 101
Jenkins, Roy,
96
Jensen, Peter (Archbishop), 576
Jessop, Don, 76
Jessop, Mark, 360
Jews, 28–29, 380, 421
JI. see Jema’ah Islamiya
Jiang Zemin, 390, 462–63, 501–6, 508, 514, 522, Plate 30
Job Network, 236, 488
jobs. see employment
John Paul II, Pope, 669, Plate 32
Johns, Captain W.E., 13
Johnson, Bob, 143
Johnson, Jack, 13
Johnson, Lyndon B., 37, 671
Johnson, Martin, 596
Johnson, Michael, 365
Johnson, Samuel, 462
Johnston, Robert, 191
joint party meetings. see Coalition
joint sittings (Parliament)
Blair’s address, 464, 500, 612
Bush’s (G.H.W.) address, 498
Bush’s (G.W.) address, 482, 498–500
Clinton’s address, 498, Plate 27
deadlock (1974), 69–71
Harper’s address, 463, 624
Hu’s address, 498–500
Jones, Alan, 257–58, 320, 405, 589
Jones, Barry, 372
Jones, Clem, 320
Jones, Kim, 320, 406
Jordan, 351
Jordana, Miles, 407, 683
journalists. see media
Joyce, Barnaby, 568–69, 667
Judaeo-Christian ethic, 15, 73, 233. see also Christianity; Jews
judiciary
appointments, 470
independence, 588
Jull, David, 237
K
Kalgoorlie (federal electorate, WA), 321
Kampuchea. see Cambodia
Kardamatis, Bill, 189
Karzai, Hamid, 391
Kasprzak, Suzanne, 683
Katoomba, NSW, 8
Katter, Bob, 446, 619, 651, 661, 666
Kean, Doug, 406
Keating, Michael, 232, 238
Keating, Paul
early career, 74, 123, 127–28, 130
as Treasurer, in Hawke Government, 140, 143, 147–48, 153–54, 164, 186–88, 264, 611
as PM (see Keating Government)
after defeat, 245, 516–17
relations & comparisons with Hawke, 140, 185–88, 197, 201, 227, 239, 611, 618
republican debate, 217, 284, 319, 321, 335
Howard’s relations with, 19, 148, 221
agrees with Howard, 231
Keating family, 148
Keating Government
1993 election, 192–95, 197, 200–201, 289, 303
1996 election, 214–18, 221–24, 226–28, 236, 265
attacks on Downer, 204–5
cabinet, 236–37, 309
defence, 234, 309
economic management, 143, 188–95, 197, 201, 219, 232, 265, 303, 541, 664–65
education, 243
foreign policy, 234, 309, 337–38, 503, 513–14, 521
Governor-General, 28
Indigenous policy, 257, 272–74, 278–79, 282
industrial relations, 93, 562, 564–66, 670
national identity, 233, 239, 513
parliament, 215, Plate 19
political correctness, 259
polls & public opinion, 199, 206, 213
public servants, 238
refugees, 394, 399
republican debate, 199–200, 217, 319
Senate, 266
symbolic issues, 205
tax policy, 219
Keegan, Des, 157, 159
Keelty, Mick, 412, 417–18, 456–57
Kell family, 8–10
Kelly, Bert, 70, 121
Kelly, David, 451
Kelly, Jackie, 225, 267–68, 311
Kelly, Margaret, 214
Kelly, Mark, 354
Kelly, Paul, 214, 259, 375, 408–9, 577
Kelly, Ros, 215
Kelty, Bill, 186, 223–24, 297
Kemakeza, Sir Allen, 527
Kemp, David, 178–79, 323
Kemp, Rod, 222
Kennedy (federal electorate, Qld), 666
Kennedy, John (AFL), 593
Kennedy, John F. (President), 33, 671
Kennett, Jeff, 177, 192, 224, 258, 260, 298, 322–23, 490, 578
Kennett Government (Vic), 192, 297–98, 571
Kenya, 387
Kerin, John, 186–87
Kernot, Cheryl, 241–42, 248, 375
Kerr, Sir John, 26, 82, 85–88, 90, 100, 318
Kerry, John, 457
Keynesianism, 673
Khemlani, Tirath, 82–83, 85, 102
Kidman, Janelle & family, 65
Kidman family, 65
Killarney Heights High School, NSW, 49–50
Killen, Jim, 71–72
King, Martin Luther, 36
Kingaroy, Qld, 170
Kingsford Smith (federal electorate, NSW), 49
Kingston (federal electorate, SA), 134
Kirby, Michael, 28, 333–34
Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 429
Kirner, Joan, 182
Kirribilli, NSW, 100
Kirribilli House
Hawke–Keating agreement, 188
Howard’s use, 231, 245, 247, 298–99, 304, 310, 322, 332, 373, 404, 464, 597, 619, 624, 633, 647, 686
overseas visitors, 245
Kissinger, Henry, 364, 469
Kitney, Geoff, 206
knighthoods, 240
Knowles, Craig, 558
Knox, Sir William, 158
Koizumi, Junichiro, 458, 473, 527–28, Plate 31
Kooyong (federal electorate, Vic), 79, 141, 683
Korea. see North Korea
Korean War, 17, 646
Kosovo, 429, 467
Koutsoukis, Jason, 611
Kovco, Jake, 613
Kroger, Michael, 177–79, 191, 206, 209
Kunkel, John, 685
Kurds, 430, 459, 468
Kursar, Sam, 672
Kuwait, 459–60, 468–69. see also Gulf War
Kyoto Protocol, 485, 522–23, 549–50, 552–53, 555–56, 633, 637, 643, 649, 655, 662
L
Labor Party. see Australian Labor Party (ALP)
labour. see industrial relations
labour market policy, 104, 129, 136, 147, 233, 486, 536, 540–41, 565, 574, 579, 659, 662, 673
Labour Party (NZ), 351. see also the names of politicians
Labour Party (UK), 35, 96, 431–32, 437, 441, 464, 522, 551, 612–13, 625–26, 650. see also the names of politicians
land development, 98–99, 102, 112, 131, 156
land rights. see Indigenous Australians
Lane Cove, NSW, 50, 59, 61