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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Rex Connor | | | |  Rex Connor: Encyclopedia II - Australian Labor Party - HistoryNo exact date can be given for the founding of the Australian Labor Party, originating as it did from the various colonial labour movements. Labour Leagues and similar electoral organisations existed in New South Wales and Queensland from about 1890. Party mythology says the first Labour branch was founded at a meeting of striking pastoral workers under a tree (the "Tree of Knowledge") in Barcaldine, Queensland in 1891. The Balmain, New South Wales branch of the party also claims to be the oldest in Australia. The party as a serious electora ...
See also:Australian Labor Party, Australian Labor Party - Policy, Australian Labor Party - Structure, Australian Labor Party - History, Australian Labor Party - ALP federal leaders, Australian Labor Party - Current ALP State Premiers / Territory Chief Ministers, Australian Labor Party - Past ALP State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers, Australian Labor Party - Other past Labor politicians, Australian Labor Party - Critics Read more here: » Australian Labor Party: Encyclopedia II - Australian Labor Party - History |
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| | | | | Rex Connor: Encyclopedia II - Australian Labor Party - Past ALP State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers . New South Wales
Bob Carr (1995–2005)
Barrie Unsworth (1986–88)
Neville Wran (1976–86)
Jack Renshaw (1964–65)
Robert Heffron (1959–64)
Joseph Cahill (1952–59)
James McGirr (1947–52)
William McKell (1941–47)
Jack Lang (1925–27, 1930–32)
James Dooley (1921–21, 1921–22)
James Storey (1920–21)
William Holm ...
See also:Australian Labor Party, Australian Labor Party - Policy, Australian Labor Party - Structure, Australian Labor Party - History, Australian Labor Party - ALP federal leaders, Australian Labor Party - Current ALP State Premiers / Territory Chief Ministers, Australian Labor Party - Past ALP State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers, Australian Labor Party - Other past Labor politicians, Australian Labor Party - Critics Read more here: » Australian Labor Party: Encyclopedia II - Australian Labor Party - Past ALP State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers |
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| | | | | Rex Connor: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - The Whitlam government assessed During its three years in power, the Whitlam government was responsible for a long list of legislative reforms, most of which still stand today. It replaced Australia's adversarial divorce laws with a new, no-fault system; acted to improve the position of the Aboriginal minority; introduced the Trade Practices Act; slashed tariff barriers; ended conscription; introduced a universal national health insurance scheme Medibank, now known as Medicare; sponsored free university education; introduced needs-based federal funding for private schools; ...
See also:Gough Whitlam, Gough Whitlam - Early career, Gough Whitlam - Opposition leader, Gough Whitlam - Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam - The Dismissal, Gough Whitlam - The Whitlam government assessed, Gough Whitlam - Out of office, Gough Whitlam - Honours Read more here: » Gough Whitlam: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - The Whitlam government assessed |
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| | | | | Rex Connor: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - Opposition leader Whitlam swiftly made his mark on the ALP, bringing his campaign for internal reform to fruition, and overhauling or discarding a series of Labor policies that had been enshrined for decades. The White Australia Policy was dropped, Labor no longer opposed state aid, and the air of working-class puritanism that attended the Labor Party of the 1950s gave way to one that was younger, more optimistic, more socially libe ...
See also:Gough Whitlam, Gough Whitlam - Early career, Gough Whitlam - Opposition leader, Gough Whitlam - Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam - The Dismissal, Gough Whitlam - The Whitlam government assessed, Gough Whitlam - Out of office, Gough Whitlam - Honours Read more here: » Gough Whitlam: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - Opposition leader |
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| | | | | Rex Connor: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - Early career Whitlam's impetus to become involved in politics was the Chifley government's post-war referendum to gain increased powers for the federal government. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1945 and in 1950 was a Labor candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly: a contest he was later grateful he didn't win. When Hubert Lazzarini, the sitting member for the safe Federal electorate of Werriwa, died in 1952, Whitlam was elected to the House of Represent ...
See also:Gough Whitlam, Gough Whitlam - Early career, Gough Whitlam - Opposition leader, Gough Whitlam - Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam - The Dismissal, Gough Whitlam - The Whitlam government assessed, Gough Whitlam - Out of office, Gough Whitlam - Honours Read more here: » Gough Whitlam: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - Early career |
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| | | | | Rex Connor: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - Out of office Whitlam stayed on to fight the 1977 election, but there was never much chance that the Australian electorate would have him back. Labor was defeated nearly as heavily as it had been in 1975, and Whitlam resigned from Parliament in 1978. After a few years as a travelling lecturer, he was appointed Australian Ambassador to UNESCO by the next Labor Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. Although Whitlam knew this was partly a ploy by Hawke to get him out of the country, he hugely enjoyed the Paris posting and made a great impression on other UNESCO delegate ...
See also:Gough Whitlam, Gough Whitlam - Early career, Gough Whitlam - Opposition leader, Gough Whitlam - Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam - The Dismissal, Gough Whitlam - The Whitlam government assessed, Gough Whitlam - Out of office, Gough Whitlam - Honours Read more here: » Gough Whitlam: Encyclopedia II - Gough Whitlam - Out of office |
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