The Australian Journal of Politics and History articles from June 2007

The Australian Journal of Politics and History archives from June 2007

Australian citizenship and the two world wars.(Report)
June 1, 2007... War and citizenship are old bedfellows. War poses, in a particularly intense form, the issue that has been traditionally at the heart of citizenship; the relationship between the individual and the state. Although citizenship is recognised to...

The Anzac citizen: towards a history of the RSL.(Australian and New Zealand Army Corps)(Returned & Services League of Australia)(Report)
June 1, 2007... It is now well accepted and understood that one of war's major effects on modern societies is to question and challenge pre-existing ideas of citizenship. This is most commonly understood as the propensity to marginalise groups which had...

"In the front line"?: Internment and citizenship entitlements in the Second World War.(Australian civilian internees)(Case study)
June 1, 2007... Approximately 130,000 Allied civilians, 1,553 of whom were Australian nationals, were interned by the Japanese in various camps throughout the Asia-Pacific during the Second World War. (1) Members of the defeated Allied military forces were...

Citizenship, rights and emergency powers in Second World War Australia.(Report)
June 1, 2007... Australia formalised its preparation for the Second World War with the Commonwealth War Book, developed by the Department of Defence for federal-state co-operation in planning for war, laying down procedures to be adopted in the precautionary...

Post-war reconstruction and the new world order: the origins of Gough Whitlam's democratic citizen *.
June 1, 2007... Gough Whitlam's father, Harry Frederick (Fred) Whitlam, was one of Australia's most significant public servants. As Deputy Crown Solicitor and Crown Solicitor at a time of great constitutional and international ferment, Fred Whitlam brought an...

A survey of military, educational and community expectations of the cadet movement in Australia, 1866-2006.(Survey)
June 1, 2007... The national military cadet movement in Australia marked its centenary in 2006. In total, taking into account their colonial forebears, army cadets have existed in this country for more than 140 years. (1) The scale of the movement over time,...

Facing the inevitable: Britain's entry into the European Community and Australia's policy, 1970-72.(Report)
June 1, 2007... In April 1971 British High Commissioner Sir Charles Johnston concluded his six-year long posting in Canberra by sending a valedictory despatch to Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. In it,...

Issues in Australian foreign policy: July to December 2006.
June 1, 2007... Diplomatic historians well may look back over the second half of 2006 as a period of battle fatigue in Australian foreign policy. Despite the outbreak of new wars in the Middle East, the addition of a new member of the nuclear weapons club in...

Commonwealth of Australia: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... Howard's Divisive Style Comes to the Fore: Never Recant, Never Stand-down, Gradually Give Ground Questioned in late 2006 over the wisdom of invading Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard insisted he did not agree with those who went about...

New South Wales: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... The last six months of 2006 did not go to plan for the Iemma government. With the state election just months away, Premier Morris Iemma had no doubt planned a period in which to consolidate his leadership and convince the electorate that he was...

Victoria: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... As provided for by the amended state constitution, the citizens of Victoria went to the polls to elect new a parliament on 25 November. This election was to be historic regardless of the outcome, for amongst the changes to the Victorian system...

Queensland: July to December, 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... Overview The last half of 2006 saw some government crises--health and water--continue, and new crises emerge over scandals involving former ministers and protests over dams and Palm Island. But a lacklustre--even...

Western Australia: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)(Corruption and Crime Commission )
June 1, 2007... Although the second half of 2006 witnessed the continuation of astonishing economic growth in Western Australia, as high as 14 per cent, accompanied by the nation's lowest unemployment rate of 3.1 per cent, opinion polls indicated that the...

South Australia: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... The Rann government emerged from the South Australian election of March 2006 with a comfortable House of Assembly majority. It had been preoccupied over the previous four years with maintaining its creative but potentially precarious coalition...

Tasmanian: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... If one issue served as the Tasmanian media's motif for the second six months of 2006, it was the scandal of the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation's (TCC) monopoly control of builders' accreditation. The "TCC Affair" erupted on the front pages at...

Northern Territory: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... Introduction The period July to December 2006 was characterised by significant surprises, tensions and arguably change in the government's fortunes. The resignation of senior minister Peter Toyne left the government without one of its best...

Australian capital Territory: July to December 2006.(Political Chronicles)
June 1, 2007... Release of the Coronial Inquiry into the 2003 Bushfires: Finally The biggest story in the Territory over the last few years undoubtedly has been the bushfires which caused devastation in January 2003 and the subsequent trials, tribulations,...