The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from June 1998

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from June 1998

An Imperial Aspect: The Australasian Town Planning Tour of 1914-15.
June 1, 1998... The international diffusion of town planning theory, techniques and ideology was facilitated by many agencies in the early twentieth century, with lecture tours a popular mechanism. Driven by a mix of evangelism and imperialism, the Garden...

Before the Surgeon-General's Report: Public Discourse in Australia Over Tobacco Addiction to 1964.
June 1, 1998... Long before the contemporary debate over nicotine addiction, doctors, alternative health professionals, journalists and moral reformers in Australia discussed this issue in the media. It was assumed that tobacco was a powerful drug, and...

The Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Women's Movement Against Socialisation 1947-54.
June 1, 1998... During the Liberal Party of Australia's formative stages in the 1940s and early 1950s, the Federal and New South Wales Divisions of the Party tended to ignore and/or down play the activities of their women members and office bearers. The gulf...

Recognising the People's Republic of China: A Reappraisal of Australian Foreign Policy During the First Menzies Ministry 1950-51.(Bibliography)
June 1, 1998... The attitude of the early Menzies Government towards the recognition of the People's Republic of China has not been well understood in the literature on Australia's international relations. The early Menzies regime has been taken by some...

Issues in Australian Foreign Policy: July-December 1997.
June 1, 1998... Australian foreign policy in the second half of 1997 was dominated by two key issues: the implications for Australia of the Asian financial crisis and the garnering of support for Australia's stand on greenhouse gas emission targets. The...

Commonwealth of Australia.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 A Government Under Pressure In July 1997 the Prime Minister, John Howard, was hospitalised for several weeks with pneumonia. Howard's illness and recovery proved something of a metaphor for the government's...

New South Wales.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 The High Court and Finance In August, the High Court handed down one of its most important judgements since Federation in the case of Ha and anor v. NSW; Walter Hammond and Associates v. NSW and ors. The...

Victoria.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 Nineteen-ninety-seven was the Kennett Government's annus horribilus, punctuated at its beginning and end by dramatic by-election defeats, and peppered throughout by major policy controversies over privatisation,...

Queensland.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 A Government Distracted If 1996 was a horror year for the Coalition minority government, the succeeding year was not much better. The State Government reeled from one crisis to another and the political atmosphere...

Western Australia.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1977 In the first year of the 35th Parliament the Court-Cowan Coalition suffered a temporary drop in the poll ratings although it appeared to have recovered its strong position by the Christmas recess. In the second half...

South Australia.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 John Olsen became Premier of South Australia in November 1996 in a party-room coup which deposed Dean Brown, the leader who had led the Liberal Party to such an overwhelming election victory in December 1993. Behind...

Tasmania.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 Political Context Most political interest in Tasmania once again focused on the dynamics of Liberal minority government and the extent to which the government could mould its Directions Statement (April), and the...

Northern Territory.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 Introduction The period under review was particularly eventful. Several developments occurred that had the potential to shape Northern Territory politics for some years to come. Four members of the Legislative...

Australian Capital Territory.
June 1, 1998... July to December 1997 Familiar themes dominated ACT politics during this period: the state of the ACT economy and of the ACT Government's finances; radical social policies such as euthanasia and a legal heroin programme, together with the...

Transformations in Australian Society.(Review)
June 1, 1998... Paul Patton and Dianne Austin, eds, Transformations in Australian Society. University of Sydney: Broos Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, 1997, v + 179 pp. The four books under review represent a diverse offering for...

The State in Question.(Review)
June 1, 1998... Paul James, ed., The State in Question. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1996, x + 261 pp. The four books under review represent a diverse offering for students of contemporary Australian politics. Increasingly over the past twenty-five...

Minor Parties ... Minor Players: The Senate, the Minor Parties and the 1993 Budget.(Review)
June 1, 1998... Liz Young, Minor Parties... Minor Players: The Senate, the Minor Parties and the 1993 Budget. Canberra: Department of the Parliamentary Library, AGPS, 1997, 146 pp. The four books under review represent a diverse offering for students of...

Four Weddings, A Funeral and A Family Reunion: Ethnicity and Representation in Australian Federal Politics.(Review)
June 1, 1998... Gianni Zappala, Four Weddings, A Funeral and A Family Reunion: Ethnicity and Representation in Australian Federal Politics. Canberra: Department of the Parliamentary Library, AGPS, 1997, 214 pp. The four books under review represent a...