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    Vietnam War 1962-1975: Notes

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY Author | URL | Retrieved | Skwirk | http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-t_s-14_u-116_t-316/the-impact-of-the-war/nsw/history/australia-in-the-vietnam-war-era | 13/7 | Vietnam War Commemoration | http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/ | 13/7 | Vietnam War Commemoration | http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/public-opinion/index.php | 14/7 | Vietnam War Commemoration | http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/conscription/save-our-sons.php | 14/7 | Shrine | http://www.shrine.org

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    GOUGH WHITLAM POLICIES Social Justice and equality is the meaning of all humans in society have the same and equal rights regardless of their gender‚ race or religion etc. it works on the universal principles that support people through the advantages and disadvantages within the society. The commitment of the Gough Whitlam government was based on social justice and equality and supported areas in the society such as‚ education‚ migrants and health reforms. Whitlam and the government changed these

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    Paul Keating

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    won the election.) With problems plaguing the Whitlam government in 1975‚ Keating became the minister for the Northern Territory on October 27‚ after the sacking of Rex Connor who misled parliament. Unlike most of his colleagues who were pre-occupied with Medibank and social security issues‚ Keating was more interested in Australia’s economic growth‚ in particular the mineral developments and the mining industry. With the sacking of the Whitlam government a month later and the Liberal Party’s

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    Women's Rights Essay

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    The Women’s Electoral Lobby formed in 1972 which lobbied for childcare and maternity leave. In 1975‚ the Whitlam Government elected women’s representative; Elizabeth Reid to address women’s rights in the political arena. Employment During the early 1970s‚ there was a significant push to make tertiary education in Australia more accessible to working and middle class Australians. The Whitlam Labor Government abolished university fees on January 1st 1974. Equal pay progression was up to 1974 including

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    The ’White Australia’ policy describes Australia’s approach to immigration from federation until the latter part of the 20th century‚ which favoured applicants from certain countries. The abolition of the policy took place over a period of 25 years. Following the election of a coalition of the Liberal and Country parties in 1949‚ Immigration Minister Harold Holt allowed 800 non-European refugees to remain in Australia and Japanese war brides to enter Australia. Over subsequent years Australian

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    Sir William Patrick Deane

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    Who is he‚ when and where did he live? What have they done that impacted Australia Sir William Patrick Deane‚ was born on the 4th January 1931‚ he was an Australian judge and the 22nd Governor-General of Australia. * | William Deane was born in Melbourne‚ Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph’s College‚ Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney‚ where he graduated in arts and law. He also attended the Hague Academy of International Law. After graduation

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    After the Second World War‚ communist fears in Australia were high. This fear was intertwined with politics and as a result of this‚ Prime Minister Robert Menzies was able to quite skilfully exploit the threat of Communism for electoral gain. He raised the threat of Communism before each election‚ stimulated opposition disarray and scared the more impressionable voters back to supporting the coalition. As well as impacting on Australian politics‚ communism and the fear of communism greatly affected

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    The primary internal reason how Australia responded to the threat of communism was by Menzies and the Liberal Party attempting to ban the CPA. Menzies tried to ban the CPA two times. The first time was in 1950‚ when the Liberal Party introduced the Communist Party Dissolution Bill (CPDB). Menzies tried to make it a law so that the CPA would become illegal. However‚ this was unsuccessful as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and many other unions opposed it as this would lead to the Liberal Party to

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    Dear Mr Abbot‚ My name is Matthew Wright and I am in year 9 at Turramurra High School. I am writing to you regarding the coalition’s foreign aid budget. In 2005 John Howard promised to double Australian aid and recently the Australian Labor Party promised to further lift it to 0.5% of our gross national income by 2015. Our foreign aid is still sitting on 0.34%. There are millions of people depending on developed countries like Australia to help them out. It is easy to ask why it has to be us‚ but

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    HISTORY RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT ROBERT MENZIES Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) Menzies (1894-1978)‚ prime minister and barrister‚ was born on 20 December 1894 at Jeparit‚ Victoria‚ fourth of five children of Australian-born parents James Menzies who was a storekeeper‚ and his wife Kate. Robert Gordon Menzies was Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister. He held the office twice‚ from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. Altogether he was Prime Minister for over 18 years – still the record term for an Australian

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