First Among Equals (15 page)

Fisher, Andrew
18
,
28
,
29
–
32
,
39

Forde, Francis Michael
77
,
78
–
80

Fraser, John Malcolm
106
,
114
,
119
,
121
,
122
–
125

G

Gallipoli
31

Gillard, Julia
144
,
145
–
146
,
148
,
149
–
153

Gorton, Sir John Grey
103
,
104
–
107
,
111

government spending, cuts to
124

government spending cuts
57

Great Depression
34
,
52
–
53

gun control
137

H

Hasluck, Paul
106

Hawke, Robert James Lee
124
,
126
,
127
–
129

high commissioners, London
27
,
31
,
40
,
43
,
74

High Court
14

Holt, Harold Edward
92
,
94
,
95
–
98
,
123

Howard, John Winston
135
,
136
–
140

Hughes, William Morris
31
,
39
,
41
,
65

I

Imperial Honours System
159

income tax, flat
26

industrial relations changes
139

industrial tensions
49

infrastructure
30
–
31
,
84

institutional establishments
18

‘It's Time' campaign
87
,
112
,
118

J

Johnson, President L.B.
97

K

Keating, Paul John
129
,
130
,
131
–
134

Korean War
87

Kyoto Protocol
144

L

land rights
114
,
115
,
133

land tax
26

Lang, Jack
53
–
54
,
131

‘Lang Labor' group
54
,
61

League of Nations membership
44

Lewis, Essington
74

‘Loans Affair'
119

Lyne, Sir WIlliam
14

Lyons, Enid
57

Lyons, Joseph Aloysius
45
,
54
,
56
–
59

M

MacArthur, General Douglas
75

market reform
133

McEwen, Sir John
99
,
100
–
102
,
105
,
110
,
111

McKew, Maxine
140

McMahon, Sir William
102
,
105
,
108
,
109
–
112

memorial service, Harold Holt
98

Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
3
,
45
,
58
–
59
,
66
,
87
,
89
–
93

mining tax
158

ministerial portfolios, Rudd announces
144

multiculturalism
114
,
124

N

national anthem
114

nation-building period
8
–
10

native title
114
,
115
,
133

Nelson, Brendan
165

New Guinea, Australian control
44

Niemeyer, Sir Otto
53

Northern New South Wales Separation League
64

O

Operation Sovereign Borders
158

P

Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton
45
,
63
,
64
–
66
,
69
,
90
,
101

Parkes, Sir Henry
13
,
26

Parliament House, officially opened
35

Parliamentary Apology, Stolen Generations
144

Peacock, Andrew
137

Petrov, Vladimir
92

Political Labor Council
51

political parties Australian Labor Party
9

Country Party
34
,
44
–
45
,
65

Fusion Party
19
,
33
–
34
,
38

Liberal Party
45
,
70

Liberal Party of Australia
5
,
91
,
137

National Labor Party
44
,
52

National Party
34
,
44

Nationalist Party
39

Protectionist Party
22

three main
9
–
10

two-party system
10

United Australia Party (UAP)
45
,
53
,
58
,
69
,
90
,
91

see also
coalition partnerships preferential employment bill
39

prime ministers British subject
21

deaths in office
2
,
56
,
59
,
62
,
72
,
76
,
90

forced to resign
2

former Labour minister, non-Labor PM
58

Free Trade prime minister
25

loses own seat
49
,
140

‘the most humourless'
37

multiple terms
2
–
3
,
129
,
146

retired by choice
2

revolving door
162

top five list
4

youngest
21

Public Service
18

Q

QANTAS
34

R

reconciliation
133

records

longest serving MP
3
,
45

longest serving PM
89
,
92

Reid, Sir George Houstoun
18
,
24
,
25
–
27

Rein, Thérèse
143

republic referendum
165
,
169

Reserve Bank
96

Rudd, Kevin Michael
139
,
141
,
142
–
147

S

Scullin, James Henry
34
,
50
,
51
–
54

Shorten, Bill
152

Slipper, Peter
152

Snedden, Billy
123

Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme
87

social policy, Turnbull
166

social welfare/reforms
18
,
30
–
31
,
96
,
118
,
129

‘solidarity pledge'
38

Soviet spying
92

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
114

‘Stop the Boats' promise
158

T

Theodore, Ted
53
,
57

Thompson, Craig
152

trade unions anti-union legislation
48

preferential employment
39

Turnbull, Malcolm Bligh
160
,
161
,
162
–
167

U

Uluru (Ayers Rock)
114
–
115

unemployment
52
–
53

US, Australia turns to
75

V

Vietnam War
87
,
92
,
97

VIP aircraft, alleged misuse
97

voting, compulsory
35

voting rights, women
9

W

war cabinet
90

‘war on terror'
115
,
138

Waterside Workers' Federation
43

Watson, John Christian
18
,
20
–
23
,
20

White Australia Policy
9
,
14
,
22
,
96
,
118

Whitlam, Edward Gough
116
,
117
–
120
,
125

women, voting rights
9
,
14

World War I
31
,
34

World War II
60
–
61
,
86
–
87
,
90

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