Unionists protesting the reduced role of the Industrial Relations Commission after the introduction of the work choices legislation in 2006.
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Cabinet papers reveal the extent to which the Keating government was torn between concern for fiscal responsibility and a desire to tackle Indigenous disadvantage and pursue meaningful reconciliation.
Paul Keating took the prime ministership with a ‘comprehensive plan to get the country cracking’, but the task was daunting.
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Labor’s project of economic transformation hit some harder realities as Paul Keating assumed the top job. And a new push on remaking Australia stirred a brooding reaction of its own.
Despite international efforts, greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow.
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The 1992 and 1993 cabinet papers confirm that Australia was a reluctant player in international discussions about climate change and environmental issues under Prime Minister Paul Keating.
The government was forced to respond to John Hewson’s plan.
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By the end of 1992, Paul Keating had done more than anyone to place on the political agenda issues of national identity that had been either dead or dormant for years.
Cabinet papers released today have given us some insight into how current issues like the gender superannuation gap emerged.
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