The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from December 2005

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from December 2005

A diarist in the Cabinet: Lord Derby and the Australian colonies 1882-85.(Edward Stanley)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... The British Cabinet of 1880-85 harboured in its midst several diarists. The Prime Minister himself had been keeping a diary almost continuously since 1825 but, in Gladstone's own words, it was "a mere skeleton". It provided a record of the...

"Promises and pineapples": post-First World War Soldier Settlement at Beerburrum, Queensland, 1916-1929.
December 1, 2005... As early as 1915, the Commonwealth government initiated measures designed to aid servicemen invalided back to Australia from the carnage of Gallipoli. For those unable to re-adjust to the civilian life they once knew--and many could not--the...

Avoiding "Aborigines": Paul Hasluck and the Northern Territory Welfare Ordinance, 1953.
December 1, 2005... Carefully refraining from specifying its own subjects, the 1953 Northern Territory Welfare Ordinance was subtitled An Ordinance to Provide for the Care and Assistance of Certain Persons. According to its principal instigator, Commonwealth...

Attitudes towards German immigration in South Australia in the post-Second World War Period, 1947-60.
December 1, 2005... German Immigrants in Australia after 1945 Just seven years after the second war fought with Germany within a generation, Australia signed a five-year agreement to permit Germans to immigrate. This article clarifies those arguments which...

Just War doctrine and the invasion of Iraq.
December 1, 2005... The passion for inflicting harm, the cruel thirst for vengeance, an unpacific and relentless spirit, the fever of revolt, the lust of power, and such things, all these are rightly condemned in war. St Augustine Introduction The...

Issues in Australian foreign policy: January to June 2005 *.
December 1, 2005... Introduction The year opened with news of the devastating 2004 Boxing Day Asian tsunami dominating Australian and world headlines. For Australia, whose regional neighbours suffered the tragedy, concern and support were quickly manifested...

Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... Latham's Sudden Exit: a Political Victim of the Tsunami Federal Labor was shell-shocked at the outcome of the 2004 election, and remained so for months. Its courageous gamble with the new leader, Mark Latham, had not paid off. He was not...

New South Wales: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... The first half of 2005 saw the leaders of both major parties notch up an anniversary or two. On 27 March, Liberal Party leader John Brogden celebrated three years as leader of the Opposition, just two days after the Premier, Bob Carr, notched...

Victoria: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... With the gloss of its 2002 land-slide election victory being inexorably worn away by the frustrations of trying to balance a desire to undertake major policy initiatives on the one hand with the imperative of returning budget surpluses on the...

Queensland: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... The Economy--Mixed News The year began satisfactorily for the government when a mid-year review forecast a revised budget surplus of $1.1 billion, or $450 million higher than expected (Courier-Mail, 13 January 2005). Equally pleasing was a...

Western Australia: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... The first months of 2005 were dominated by the 26 February state election. It will be remembered for several surprises during the campaign phase, particularly the announcement of a proposal by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett to build a canal...

South Australia: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... Considerable, some might say, unprecedented, drama enveloped political news during the first six months of 2005. During March and early April the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Peter Lewis, publicly pondered over alleged "evidence"...

Tasmania: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... The Labor government of Paul Lennon marked its first full year in office during the period under review. As much as the new government had tried to maintain the initiatives and the legacy of the very popular Jim Bacon Government, it struggled...

Northern territory: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... Introduction The Northern Territory election of 18 June dominated the period under review. While most observers anticipated that Clare Martin's Labor government would be returned, few expected the electoral landslide that eventuated. The...

Australian Capital Territory: January to June 2005.(Political Chronicles)
December 1, 2005... The fallout from the 2003 bushfires continued to occupy centre stage in the Territory with claims, counterclaims and court challenges. A resolution was far from clear more than two year after the fires, millions expended in the coronial inquiry...