by John Howard
theology. see Christianity
The Things That Matter (Downer manifesto, 1994), 205
Thomson, Peter, 465
Thornton, Grant, 293
Three Mile Island, US, 554
Throsby (federal electorate, NSW), 566
Tiananmen Square uprising, 503–4
Tibet, 501, 503, 509–11
Ticehurst, Ken, 598
Tickner, Robert, 225, 257
timber industry. see forest policy
Time magazine, 415
Ting, Lewis, 503
tobacco. see smoking
Tobias, Murray, 28
Tokyo. see Japan
tolerance, 259
Top Ryde, NSW, 360
Tories. see Conservative Party
Tough on Drugs campaign, 491
tourism and recreation
Moore as minister, 242
Stewart as minister, 74
Tasmania, 477, 479
see also service industries
Townsville, Qld, 352–53, 645, Plate 22
trade
attitudes towards, 672
China, 505–10, 529, 543, 545, 672, Plate 30
climate change, 553
department, 239, 553, Plate 21
Doha Round, 509
Fischer as minister, 235
free trade agreement (US), 377, 451, 482
free trade agreements, 509
Howard as Minister for Special Trade Negotiations (1977), 95–96
India, 429–531
Israel, 660
Japan, 516, 529
Keating’s ‘banana republic’ comment, 153
Seattle talks (2002), 509
waterfront reform, 288–89
Trade Practices Act, 91–93, 288–89, 296, 299, 563–66
trade unions
ALP and, 34, 40, 43, 103, 142, 148, 224
Britain, 522
education, 243
employment policy, 489–90
forest policy, 478–80
Howard family attitude, 20–21
Indonesian relations, 338
industrial relations, 92–93, 122–23, 130, 157, 219, 254, 561–69, 571, 575–78, 580, 582, 585–86, 670
Peacock and, 120
Rudd and, 632, 635, 639–40, 659
waterfront reform, 297–98, 300–301
see also Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU); Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union; Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), earlier Waterside Workers’ Federation (WWF); public sector unions; secondary boycotts
training. see education and training
transport policy
fuel excise, 364 (see also petrol prices)
Sharp as minister, 289
waterfront reform, 287, 289
Treasurer
Bury as, 60
Cairns as, 82
Carlton as shadow minister, 149, 153
Costello as (see Costello, Peter)
Crean as, 68, 71–72
Dawkins as, 201, 514
Downer as shadow minister, 197, 203
Gibson as parliamentary secretary, 267
Hayden as, 83, 101, 115
Hewson as shadow minister, 183–84, 562
Howard as (1977–83), 24, 99–136, 140, 148, 153, 156–57, 228, 244, 302, 512, 516, 621
Howard as shadow minister (1980s), 149
Keating as, 140, 148, 319
Keating as shadow minister, 127
Kerin as, 186–87
Lynch as, 98–99, 108
McMahon as, 44
Peacock as shadow minister, 171
Reith as shadow minister, 184, 186
Short as assistant minister, 236, 267
Snedden as, 302
Swan as, 68
Willis as, 187, 224, 664
see also budgets
Treasury
bonds, 128
departmental officers, 149, 577
departmental secretaries, 100, 102–3, 164, 265, 476–77, 553, 631
Fraser Government, 94, 96–97, 100, 102–5, 107, 110, 113–14
Hawke Government, 658
Keating Government, 189
policy advice, 539, 630–32
structural deficit, 535–36
superannuation reform, 630
tax reform, 305, 308, 361, 365
Whitlam Government, 82–83, 102
Trood, Russell, 568
troops. see Australian Defence Force
Truman, Harry, 17
Truman, Nelson and Howard (law firm), 45, 53, 63, 67
Truman, Peter, 45
Truss, Warren, 446
trust, 483
tsunamis, 283, 519–20, 554, Plate 23
Tsvangirai, Morgan, 526
Tucker, Bob, 255, 365, 367
Tuckey, Wilson, 154, 180–81
Tuggerah, NSW, 598
Tunney, Gene, 13
Turkey, 440–41
Turnbull, Malcolm, 79, 199, 217, 318, 320, 325–26, 328, 558–59, 614, 623, 633–34, 643, 652, 654, 665
Turner, Harry, 58
Tysoe, Ross, 412
U
Uhrig, John, 590
UNAMET, 345
Undercliffe, NSW, 15
underprivileged. see disadvantage
unemployment. see employment
unfair dismissal laws, 241–42, 565, 568–70, 572, 575, 583, 670
unions. see trade unions
United Arab Emirates, 294–95
United Australia Party, 659. see also Liberal Party of Australia
United Kingdom. see Britain
United Nations
AWB scandal, 630
Bush (GW), 468–69
East Timor, 336, 340, 342–50, 354, 356, 402, 470
General Assembly, 423, 432–33
Gulf War, 468
High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), 356, 393
Howard’s visits, 437–38, 451, 463, 511, 587, Plate 21
Human Development Index, 547
human rights, 502, 504
Human Rights Committee, 204
Iraq, 423, 425–29, 431–46, 448, 451, 459–61, 483
Israel, 29
Kosovo, 467
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Committee (UNMOVIC), 438–39
Rwanda, 407
Secretary-General, 343, 345, 356 (see also Annan, Kofi)
Security Council (SC), 348–49, 354, 356, 426, 429, 432–35, 437–45, 448, 459–60, 467
Special Commission (UNSCOM), 426–27
United States
Administration transition, 231
Administrations (see the names of Presidents)
ambassador to Australia (see Schieffer, Tom)
Australian alliance with: ALP position, 234, 513 (see also ANZUS)
Australian alliance with: Coalition position, 61, 373–74, 419–20
Australian alliance with: Howard’s views, 36–37, 61, 234, 335, 376–77, 384–86, 466–67, 470, 473–74, 498–503, 505–7, 509, 511–12, 522, 670
Australian alliance with: Iraq, 423, 425, 427, 436–37, 444, 446–47, 450, 459–60, 4446–447
Australian alliance with: Vietnam War, 36–37
Australian ambassadors & embassy in, 243, 349, 376–77, 379–80, 382–86, 425, 427, 442, 465, 467, Plate 12 (see also Peacock, Andrew; Thawley, Michael)
Australian ministerial consultations (AUSMIN), 253, 377
beltway infatuation, 189
Bjelke-Petersen in, 165
business, 591
civil rights movement, 36
climate change, 549–50, 556, 560, 663
Congress, 383–84, 387, 428–29, 431, 442, 467, 470, 528
culture & politics, 14, 669
defense, 346–47, 442, 635
Defense Secretary (see Cohen, William; McNamara, Robert; Perry, William; Rumsfeld, Donald; Weinberger, Casper)
democracy, 674
diplomacy, 349
dollar, 368
East Timor, 346–49
economic conditions, 124, 533–34, 538, 542, 544, 549
/>
Federal Reserve, 124, 385, 630
foreign policy, 384–85, 387–92, 428, 431–32, 511–12, 514–15, 519, 530, 668 (see also China; Iraq)
free-trade agreements (see trade)
Gulf War (1991), 460, 468
gun laws, 248, 252–53, 450
health policy, 497
Hicks trial, 635
Howard family view, 23
Howard family visits (1960s–90s), 14, 35–36, 95–96, 465, 505–6, 522
Howard family visits (2000s), 253, 376–86, 392, 431, 434, 437–38, 449–51, 460, 462, 466–67, 470, 473, 511, 613, 646, Plates 12–13, Plate 15
Iraq invasion (2003), 423–61, 469, 483, 526
Kennedy assassination (1963), 33
labor laws, 489, 561
League of Nations, 469
military, 377, 386, 389–92, 430–33, 445, 452, 464, 469, 471, 473, 499
military commissions, 631
National Security Advisor (see Powell, Colin; Rice, Condoleezza)
nuclear accident, 554
Pentagon, 377, 380, 382, 430, 448, 467
police, 380
political parties & factions, 216, 243, 253, 347, 425, 428–30, 465–66, 469–70, 472, 549–50
Presidency, 231, 347, 463–64, 668 (see also the names of Presidents)
refugee resettlement, 393
Secret Service, 379–80
Secretary of State (see Albright, Madeleine; Rice, Condoleezza)
sport (see baseball)
State Department, 453
Supreme Court, 376
tariff protection, 96, 377
terrorism, 387, 412, 475, 635 (see also 11 September 2001 (“9/11”))
Treasury, 339, 534
Vice-Presidents (see Biden, Joe; Bush, George H.W.; Cheney, Dick; Gore, Al)
welfare system, 234, 487
world politics, 29, 469
World War I, 668
World War II, 469 (see also Pearl Harbor)
see also New York; Washington, DC
Uniting Church. see Methodists
Unity Party, 309
universities
Asian students, 515, 518, 529–30
compulsory student unionism, 612
funding, 236, 635
generational change, 5, 14, 16
Howard family, 47, 221, 245
Latham, 483
Vietnam War, 37–38
see also Colombo Plan
University of Melbourne, 530
University of New England, 47
University of Sydney, 8, 17, 25–30, 49, 85, 92, 252, 532, 627, Plate 4, Plate 14
UNMOVIC. see United Nations
UNSCOM. see United Nations
uranium, 453, 530–31, 554
urban issues, 72, 249, 315, 477–78, 482, 485, 547
Uren, Tom, 101
Uribe, Alvaro, 473
V
Vaile, Mark, 235, 366, 613, 630, 637
Vale, Danna, 225, 311, 404
value-added tax. see goods and services tax (GST)
Van Onselen, Peter, 621
Vanstone, Amanda, 236, 363, 633–34
Varghese, Peter, 683
victim identificaton Bali bombings, 414–17
Victoria (state)
1984 federal election, 144
1996 federal election, 236
1998 federal election, 310
2004 federal election, 481, 568
2010 federal election, 660
building industry, 639
bushfires, 551
gun laws, 253
Indigenous policy, 281
Labor Party (see Australian Labor Party)
Liberal Party (see Liberal Party of Australia)
members & senators from, 84, 99, 371
National Party (see National Party)
Painters and Dockers Royal Commission (1980), 110
parliamentary chamber, 369
politics, 35
republican debate, 323
state elections, 124–25, 660
state governments, 124–25, 182, 297, 490, 571
state opposition, 177
Supreme Court, 297
water policy, 557, 559
waterfront reform, 297
see also the names of cities, towns & electorates
Victoria, Queen, 16
Victoria Police, 297–98, 421
Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers, 147
Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, 401
Vietnam, 520, 637. see also APEC
Vietnam War, 36–38, 47, 67–68, 92, 206, 351–52, 358, 384, 391, 394, 413, 447, 449–50, 671
Vietnamese refugees, 136, 394, 598–99
Villepin, Dominique de, 435
Viner, Ian, 117
violence
East Timor, 344–46, 349
gun laws, 252–54
Indigenous relations, 276
Iraq, 449, 452–53, 455, 458
waterfront reform, 287
see also gun laws
VIP planes, 221
Volcker, Paul, 124, 630
W
Waddy, Lloyd, 320, 323
Wadeye, NT, Plate 24
wage fixation, centralised, 54, 92, 104, 107, 122–23, 142, 147, 153, 561–63, 570. see also Australian Industrial Relations Commission; conciliation and arbitration
wages policy
Fraser Government, 129–30
growth, 97, 105