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by John Howard


  Howard, 181, 567, 570, 574–79, 584

  Wagga Wagga, NSW, 159

  Wahid, Abdurrahman (Gus Dur), 517

  Wakefield (federal electorate, SA), 121

  Walker, Ron, 196, 208, 617

  walking, 9, 249, 378, 504, 597–98, 646, 648, Plate 11, Plate 26

  Wall Street, 83

  Wallis, Stan, 265–66

  Walpole, Bryan, 248

  Walsh, Peter, 116

  Wannon (federal electorate, Vic), 87

  war on terrorism. see terrorism

  Ward, Rogan, 130–31

  Warner, Nick, 526–27, 683

  Warringah (federal electorate, NSW), 201–2

  Washington, DC

  Democrats, 216

  Howard’s visits, 95–96, 376–86, 392, 431, 434, 437, 465, 467, 470, 473, 505–6, 522, Plate 12, Plate 15

  terrorist attacks on (see 11 September 2001 (“9/11”))

  water policy

  Howard Government, 556–60, 636

  Turnbull as minister, 559, 633

  Waterfront Industry Reform Authority (WIRA), 288–89

  waterfront reform, 287–92, 287–301, 294–96, 298–300, 370, 543, 581

  Waterside Workers’ Federation. see Maritime Union of Australia

  Watson’s Bay, NSW, 50, Plate 6

  Watters, Brian, 489, 491

  Waugh, Steve, 529, 594

  Waverley, NSW, 49 ‘The Way Ahead’ (Coalition manifesto, 1974), 65

  Webcke, Shane, 595

  Webster, Ian, 490

  weekends, 14–16, 19, 57, 360, Plate 8. see also Christianity; sport; Sunday school

  Weinberger, Casper, 384

  Weiss, Bob, 250

  WEL. see Women’s Electoral Lobby

  Welch, Jenna, 450

  welfare. see social security

  welfare organisations. see charitable organisations

  Wen Jiabao, Plate 30

  Wentworth (federal electorate, NSW), 52, 60, 63, 74, 614, 623

  ‘We’re not waiting for the world’ (1983 election slogan), 132

  Wesley Central Mission, 488

  West, Katherine, 157

  West Indies, 13, 524–25

  West Papua, 521

  Western Australia

  1972 federal election, 54

  1980s, 111–12, 152–53, 159

  1998 federal election, 311

  2001 state election, 262, 365

  2007 federal election, 598, 644, 647

  building industry, 639–40

  Burke, 637–38

  gun laws, 248, 250, 252

  Indigenous policy, 270, 272, 281, 283

  industrial relations, 581

  Liberals (see Liberal Party of Australia)

  MPs from, 77, 87, 121, 206

  National Party, 666

  republican debate, 322

  universities, 518

  waterfront reform, 297

  see also the names of cities and electorates; the names of electorates, e.g. Moore

  Western Mining, 122, 503, 591

  Western societies

  Afghanistan and, 391

  Australia as, 16, 29, 233, 317, 335, 517, 673

  Bali bombings, 411, 420

  China and, 510–11

  East Timor peacekeeping, 349

  Islamic extremism and, 460

  Westfield, 591

  Westminster system, 471, 476, 499

  Westpac, 149, 590

  Westpac-Melbourne Institute index, 544

  whaling, 477–78

  wheat market deregulation, 177, 180

  Wheeler, Sir Frederick, 100, 102

  Wheeler, Gerry, 684

  White Australia Policy, 14, 145, 174

  white shoe brigade, 156

  Whiteboard Affair (1995), 215

  Whitington, R.S., 13

  Whitlam, Gough

  as PM (1972–75), 54–56, 58–59, 63–66, 69, 71–74, 76–78, 86–87, 92, 101, 173–74, 350, 602, 642, 657

  dismissal (1975), 47, 81–89, 90, 318

  as leader of the opposition (1975–77), 97–99, 115, 117

  after retirement, 52, 115, 362

  republican debate, 329, 331

  character, 81

  Whitlam, Margaret, 52

  Whitlam Government (1972–75)

  1972 election, 54, 656–57

  1973 by-election, 56, 657

  1974 election, 64, 70

  cabinet, 71

  crisis & dismissal (1975), 47, 55, 81–89, 87–88, 90, 101, 318

  Cyclone Tracy, 78

  economic management, 58, 61–62, 71–72, 82–83, 91–92, 102, 104, 135, 142, 144, 540, 601

  foreign policy, 336–37, 350, 514

  Howard in Opposition, 70–72, 80

  reshuffle (1975), 82

  Senate, 63–64

  speaker, 81–82

  tax reform, 302

  Wiessner, Aileen, 647, 684

  Wik decision, 268, 272–77, 283

  Wilderness Society, 222

  Wilkie, Andrew, 659

  Wilkinson, Jonny, 596

  Willesee, Mike, 193

  Williams, Barbara, 683

  Williams, Darryl, 235, 250, 399, 634

  Williamstown Dockyard, Vic, 586

  Willis, Eric, 37, 39, Plate 17

  Willis, Ralph, 187, 224, 664

  Willis Government (NSW), 39

  Wills (federal electorate, Vic), 116, 188–90

  Wilson, Alexander, 659

  Wilson, Harold, 35, 231

  Wilson, Sir Ronald, 273, 278–79, 285

  Windsor, Tony, 446, 651, 659, 661

  Winston (name), 23

  WIRA (Waterfront Industry Reform Authority), 288–89

  Wiranto, 340

  Withers, Reg, 100, 102, 105, 114–15

  WMDs. see Iraq

  Wolfowitz, Paul, 442, 469

  Wollstonecraft, NSW, 56–58, 62–63, 66, 134, 155, 165–68, 195, 244–45, Plate 8, Plate 10

  women

  1998 marginal seat-holders, 311

  divorce law, 73

  gender equality, 328

  gun laws, 249

  health, 245–46

  health policy, 194

  Howard’s policy, 223

  Indigenous policy, 281

  Islam, 425, 463

  Latham, 484

  legal education, 27

  Newman as assistant minister, 237

  Pakistan, 463

  parental leave, 494

  political leaders, 199

  republican debate, 324

  ‘secret women’s business’, 273

  sex discrimination, 494

  social position, 14, 22

  sport, 546

  see also feminism

  Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL), 65

  Wong, Penny, 550

  Wood, Douglas, 526

  Wood, Fiona, 413

  Woods, Bob, 194

  Woolcott, Richard, 350

  Wooldridge, Michael, 196, 206, 218, 235–36, 603, 634

  Woollahra, NSW, 54

  work. see employment

  work for the dole. see employment

  WorkChoices, 487, 547, 566–67, 573, 579–80, 582–85, 614–15, 629, 633, 636, 649, 653, 659

  working class. see blue-collar workers

  workplace or enterprise agreements, 123, 219, 241–42, 292–93, 299, 562–67, 570–74, 591. see also Australian Workplace Agreements

  workplace relations. see industrial relations (labour)

  Workplace Relations Act 1996, 288–89, 296, 300, 313, 659

  World Economic Forum (WEF) (Melbourne, 2000), 543–44

  world economy. see economic conditions

  world politics

  1970s, 68

  future, 673

  Howard as minister, 96

  Howard as PM, 29

  Howard’s career, 4

  Howard’s family’s interest, 11, 17, 21

  see also foreign affairs; international law

  World Trade Organisation (WTO), 502–3, 506
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  World War I, 4–7, 10, 21, 24, 30, 468, 470, 529, 668, 673, Plate 1

  World War II, 4, 9–11, 13, 17, 23, 28, 32, 69–70, 178, 228, 336–37, 458, 465, 468–69, 527, 529, 590–91, Plate 2. see also Pearl Harbor

  Worth, Trish, 206, 311

  Wran, Neville, 39, 63, 115, 323, 326

  Wriedt, Ken, 87

  Wright, George, 571

  Wright, Tony, 6–7, 621–22

  WTO (World Trade Organisation), 502–3, 506

  WWF. see Maritime Union of Australia

  Wynn, Graham, 175

  X

  Xstrata, 553

  Y

  Yani, Ahmad, 338

  Year 2K (Y2K) scare, 542–43

  young Australians

  Bali bombings, 415–19

  drug laws, 520, 598–99

  employment, 547

  health policy, 497

  republican debate, 319–20, 324

  suicide rate, 489, 490–91

  Young Liberals, 29–30, 32–33, 35, 37, 39

  Youth Council (Liberal Party). see Young Liberals

  Yudhoyono, Ani Bambang, Plate 31

  Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang (SBY), 339, 420, 422, 463–63, 518–21, Plate 31

  Yugoslavia, 45

  Z

  Zhu Rongji, 505–6, 508, 514

  Zimbabwe, 76, 103, 156, 523–26, 594

  Zoellick, Bob, 451

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  National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

  Howard, John, 1939–

  Lazarus rising / John Howard.

  ISBN: 978-0-7322-8996-6 (pbk.)

  ISBN: 978-0-7304-9964-0 (epub)

  Includes index.

  Howard, John, 1939-

  Liberal Party of Australia.

  Prime ministers – Australia – Biography.

  Politicians – Australia – Biography.

  Political leadership – Australia.

  Australia – Politics and government – 1996–

  994.066092

  Cover design by Philip Campbell Design

  Cover image © Sam Mooy/Newspix

  Index by Alan Walker

  Picture sections design, Alicia Freile, Tango Media

 

 

 


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