The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from June 2006

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from June 2006

New democracy and alternative culture: jazz in West Germany after the Second World War.
June 1, 2006... When in 1945-46 American Forces occupied Germany and subsequently set up administrative networks to govern Germans until they were again able to govern themselves, their ultimate goal was to reestablish democracy, so that such government was...

Diplomacy interrupted?: Macmahon Ball, Evatt and labor's policies in occupied Japan *.(H.V. Evatt, William Macmahon Ball)
June 1, 2006... Introduction Current historiography on Australia's role in the Allied Occupation of Japan (19451952) generally explores one of two themes: the military facet or the civilian diplomatic context that drove Occupation policies. The former...

"The spirit of sturdy independence": Robert Menzies' language of citizenship, 1942-52.
June 1, 2006... Introduction: Language, Citizenship and Liberalism At two key moments during the 1940s, Robert Menzies' political career was fatally threatened. Amidst the stress of war during 1941, Menzies simultaneously resigned his first Prime...

The reappraisal of the White Australia policy against the background of a changing Asia, 1945-67 *.
June 1, 2006... Introduction The issues before us are those of national growth, the welfare of our people, national security, our place in the international community [...] and the encouragement of a special relationship with Asia. These...

Ministerial consultants and privatisation: Australian Federal Government 1985-88.(Hawke Government (1983-91))
June 1, 2006... The "Turn to the Market" An important study of the public service in the years of the Hawke and Keating Governments (1) suggests that public servants far removed from the traditional mould of state-centred officials in earlier years...

Indonesia and the West: an ambivalent, misunderstood engagement *.
June 1, 2006... Indonesia troubles the West. It is big, strategically important, and potentially highly influential in world affairs. Its success as a nation is crucial to the stability of Southeast Asia. Its behaviour, then, is important to the West. When...

Issues in Australian foreign policy: July to December 2005.
June 1, 2006... Three important sets of issues dominated the Australian foreign policy agenda in the second half of 2005: the seemingly never-ending, and often highly charged, question of Australia's place and role in Asia, the management of the US-Australian...

Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2005.(political and economic condition during John Howard government)
June 1, 2006... Howard Government Seizes Control of the Senate: But Not All is Plain Sailing The Howard Government's majority in the Senate came into effect in July 2005, giving the government the control of both houses for the first time since 1982. The...

New South Wales: July to December 2005.(Bob Carr resigns)
June 1, 2006... The second half of 2005 was anything but ordinary. The surprise resignation of Bob Carr, the state's longest serving premier, seemed to give the Liberals an early advantage, but the public relations catastrophe that befell Opposition Leader...

Victoria: July to December 2005.(Steve Bracks government)
June 1, 2006... Although not due until November 2006 the imminent state election provided the main backdrop for Victorian politics in the second half of 2005. The increase in factional agitation in both of the major political parties that characterised the...

Queensland: July to December 2005.
June 1, 2006... Observers of Queensland politics could be forgiven for thinking only one issue occupied the state's public sphere in the latter half of 2005: the management (or mismanagement) of health policy. Indeed, the allegations that an allegedly...

Western Australia: July to December 2005.
June 1, 2006... In the second half of 2005 a series of record positive readings, particularly in growth, employment, housing and business investment, were recorded for the Western Australian economy. Industrial relations problems and cost increases on the...

South Australia: July to December 2005.(Labor Party)
June 1, 2006... Clearing the Decks South Australian politics has never before experienced anything quite like the second half of 2005. Such a claim would usually presage a story of great political drama. In this case almost the opposite is true: it was...

Tasmania: July to December 2005.(Paul Lennon )
June 1, 2006... The Labor government of Paul Lennon found itself under repeated attack during the period under review but not so much from the opposition parties as from the media. However, the media revelations of the second half of 2005 seemed to have had...

Northern territory: July to December 2005.(appointments to Legislative Assembly)(Table)
June 1, 2006... After the excitement of the Legislative Assembly election that so dominated the previous six months, the period from July to December 2005 was a rather quieter one for the Northern Territory. There were, all the same, various political issues...

Australian capital territory: June to December 2005.(anti-terrorist bill)
June 1, 2006... The latter part of 2005 saw the Chief Minister strut the national stage in the debate over the proposed Anti-Terrorist Bill. Whether he was hailed as a great protector of human rights, or lambasted as an incurable publicity-seeker, Stanhope...

"Rats and Revolutionaries": The Labour Movement in Australia and New Zealand 1890-1940.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... "Rats and Revolutionaries": The Labour Movement in Australia and New Zealand 1890-1940. By James Bennett (Dunedin: University of Otago Press: 2004), pp. 214. $44.00. Anyone who attended the recent round of history conferences in Sydney in...

John Curtin: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... John Curtin: Guide to Archives of Australia's Prime Ministers. By David Black and Lesley Wallace (Canberra: National Archives of Australia and John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, 2004). ISBN: 1920807128.251 pp. This book, part of the...

Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants. By A. James Hammerton and Alistair Thomson (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005). $49.95 pbk. Jim Hammerton and Al Thomson have captured the stories of Australia's largest...

Freud in the Antipodes: A Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in Australia.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Freud in the Antipodes: A Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in Australia. By Joy Damousi (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2005). Pp. 374 +X. $49.95 pbk. A history of psychoanalysis in Australia: "well that will be a short book" I can hear the...

Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Government.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Terms of Trust: Arguments over Ethics in Australian Government. By John Uhr (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2005), pp. 237, $39.95 pbk. It is an anomaly of our democracy that polls repeatedly show a high level of public trust...

A Trial Separation: Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... A Trial Separation: Australia and the Decolonisation of Papua New Guinea By Donald Denoon (Canberra: Pandanus Press, 2005). Pp. xv + 228. $45.00 pbk. Donald Denoon has published widely on the history of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific...

An Indonesian Frontier: Acehnese and Other Histories of Sumatra.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... An Indonesian Frontier: Acehnese and Other Histories of Sumatra. By Anthony Reid (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2005). Pp. xv, 439. Glossary, index. $58.50. The closest thing that Southeast Asian studies has to a genius is Anthony...

Vestiges of the Colonial Empire in France: Monuments, Museums and Colonial Memories.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Vestiges of the Colonial Empire in France: Monuments, Museums and Colonial Memories. By Robert Aldrich (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). $60.00 hb. Nations have notoriously poor memories for the less appetizing elements of their...