The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from December 2008

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from December 2008

Australia's Rural Reconstruction Commission, 1943-46: a reassessment.(Report)
December 1, 2008... The Curtin Labor Government established the Rural Reconstruction Commission to advise on "the reorganisation and rehabilitation of the rural economy". Between 1943 and 1946 commissioners prepared ten reports making 330 recommendations on...

Crisp, the Senate, and the Constitution.(Report)
December 1, 2008... During the 1960s and 1970s and into the 1980s, when many of Australia's current political leaders were university students, one book on Australian government dominated the academic market. Although there were others available, the odds are good...

Australia's quest to enrich uranium and the Whitlam Government's loans affair.(Gough Whitlam)(Report)
December 1, 2008... In June 2006 the Howard Government appointed a taskforce to review uranium mining and processing in Australia. The committee concluded that "for Australia to possess such a large proportion of the world's uranium resources--approximately 40 per...

Conscience voting in the Australian federal parliament.
December 1, 2008... Introduction Three rare examples of conscience voting occurred in the House of Representatives and in Australian Senate between 1996 and 2006 when the parliament considered bills dealing with euthanasia, research involving embryonic stein...

Issues in Australian foreign policy: January to June 2008.(Report)
December 1, 2008... In Australia, the beginning of the New Year is customarily marked by the dispersal of federal government members to the hotels and caravan parks on the perimeter of the continent. The new Rudd government was no different in this respect, except...

Commonwealth of Australia: January to June 2008.(Political Chronicles)(Report)
December 1, 2008... An Unsteady Start for the Rudd Government Grim economic news greeted the incoming Rudd government in early 2008. After a decade of strong economic growth for most of the Coalition's period in office, the prosperity bubble suddenly began to...

New South Wales: January to June 2008.(Political Chronicles)(Report)
December 1, 2008... As Sydneysiders occupied themselves in early January with sun, surf and cricket, the New South Wales government drew breath after its harrowing run in the second half of 2007. The respite would be short-lived. Controversies around electricity...

Tasmania: January to June 2008.(Political Chronicles)(Report)
December 1, 2008... The key political events in Tasmania during the first six months of 2008 were undoubtedly the resignations of Deputy Premier Steve Kons and then the Premier Paul Lennon within ten weeks of each other. Yet, as dramatic as these two incidents...