Moody and often difficult, Bill Hayden nevertheless played a major role in ushering in post-war reform, including the opening up of the economy, Medicare and Australia’s engagement with Asia.
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The Liberal Party has previously lost elections when inflation has been high after at least three terms in office. That makes Labor leader Anthony Albanese the favourite on May 21.
US cables point to intense Washington involvement in the lead up to the 1975 Canberra Coup
This is the
second in a three-part series on US diplomatic cables which reveal the collaboration of Bob Hawke and other Australian Labor and union leaders with the US embassy
to suppress working class struggles throughout the 1970s.
July 20.
Today, the population of Australia is being subjected to a constant barrage of totally unsubstantiated claims by the media, intelligence agencies and politicians of Chinese “interference” in Australian politics. This is in line with the drive by US governments to confront Beijing and reassert Washington’s global hegemony.