The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from December 2002

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from December 2002

The dove flies East: Whitehall, Warsaw and the 1950 world peace congress.
December 1, 2002... Just after 2pm on Sunday 12 November 1950 a young marathon runner, Stan Horsham, was chased by scores of London police. In what was reportedly "an amazing scene" he was pursued through side streets from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square. He...

The "thin dividing line": prime ministers and the problem of Australian nationalism, 1972-19961. (1).
December 1, 2002... "[...] there is a need for nationalism, but you've got to be absolutely astringent in your thinking about this [...] you have always got to be aware of that thin dividing line between a genuine and decent nationalism and an aggressive,...

Trade liberalisation and the Australian labor party.
December 1, 2002... [T]he ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are fight and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. John Maynard Keynes (1) Labor and Free...

Asylum-seekers and national histories of detention.
December 1, 2002... The Australian system of mandatory detention for asylum-seekers, now more than ten years old, has been discussed, advocated, protested and analysed in just about every medium and arena imaginable: in parliament; by refugee lobby groups; as...

Issues in Australian foreign policy: January to June 2002.
December 1, 2002... The first six months of Australian foreign policy in 2002 reverberated from the grave events of 2001, namely, the continuation and broadening of the Australian role in the "War Against Terror" and increasing dilemmas with regard to the...

Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2002. (Political Chronicles).
December 1, 2002... In contrast to the previous six months, Australian politics between January and June, 2002, appeared comparatively tame. Like the previous period, debate maintained an external affairs focus, particularly mandatory detention for asylum seekers...

New South Wales: January to June 2002. *.
December 1, 2002... Hornsby By-Election Following Liberal Shadow Treasurer Stephen O'Doherty's surprise announcement in December 2001 that he was quitting the front bench and leaving politics, a by-election was held in his seat of Hornsby on 23 February....

Victoria: January to June 2002.(politics in Victoria (Australia))
December 1, 2002... The Bracks government took the opportunity of the annual budget to pump-prime Victoria's regional economy and commit additional funding to a range of initiatives that might be looked upon by voters with some favour, should an early election be...

Queensland: January to June 2002.
December 1, 2002... Peter Beattie began the New Year as both the perpetrator and the victim of a series of personal attacks. As perpetrator, Beat-tie launched a very public attack on the Governor-General--a controversial appointment of the Howard government; but...

Western Australia: January 2002 to June 2002.
December 1, 2002... During the first six months of 2002 the Labor Government improved its Westpoll (10 July 2002) opinion rating with the satisfaction readings for Premier Geoff Gallop remaining very high. The Opposition had recovered to be within "striking...

South Australia: January to June 2002.
December 1, 2002... Over the last decade and a half South Australians have experienced only four years of government by a party able to command a clear majority on the floor of parliament and the outcome of the 9 February 2002 State election altered nothing in...

Tasmania: January to June 2002.
December 1, 2002... The long-awaited "second shoe" finally dropped on 21 June when Premier Jim Bacon announced that his Labor Government would go to the polls on 20 July. The public may not have been chewing at the bit to get to the ballot box but the State's...

Northern Territory: January to June 2002.(Australia)
December 1, 2002... Introduction The period under review witnessed the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Northern Territory attempting with varying degrees of success to meet the challenges of government after so many years in opposition. After five months...

Australian capital territory: January to June 2002.
December 1, 2002... Good governance--the committee system The ACT Labor government does not have a majority of Members in the Assembly. As a result, it does not chair all Assembly committees. This creates the situation where minor party or Opposition Liberal...