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Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory July to December 1997 DAVID L. HUGHES Australian Centre for Regional and Local Government Studies University of Canberra Familiar themes dominated ACT politics during this period: the state of the ACT economy and of the ACT Government’ finances; radical social policies such as euthanasia and a legal heroin s programme, together with the closely related question of ACT sovereignty; and the best form of self-government for the territory. These issues became part of early campaigning for the election on 21 February 1998, with particular attention paid to the economy and the government’ finances. In s general, though, it was a phony war. The last two or three months of the year were very quiet politically, with everyone involved seemingly keeping their energies for the real campaign in the new year. The ACT Economy The effect of reductions in the size of the Commonwealth Public Service continued to cause anxiety and confusion for some. Both the size of the cuts and their effects on Canberra remained imprecise but the numerous economic indicators tended to support the view that the harm to the ACT’ s economy had been overstated by the doomsayers and that the general position was improving. While http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Departments of Government & History, University of Queensland & Blackwell Publishers 1998
ISSN
0004-9522
eISSN
1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/1467-8497.00022
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Abstract

July to December 1997 DAVID L. HUGHES Australian Centre for Regional and Local Government Studies University of Canberra Familiar themes dominated ACT politics during this period: the state of the ACT economy and of the ACT Government’ finances; radical social policies such as euthanasia and a legal heroin s programme, together with the closely related question of ACT sovereignty; and the best form of self-government for the territory. These issues became part of early campaigning for the election on 21 February 1998, with particular attention paid to the economy and the government’ finances. In s general, though, it was a phony war. The last two or three months of the year were very quiet politically, with everyone involved seemingly keeping their energies for the real campaign in the new year. The ACT Economy The effect of reductions in the size of the Commonwealth Public Service continued to cause anxiety and confusion for some. Both the size of the cuts and their effects on Canberra remained imprecise but the numerous economic indicators tended to support the view that the harm to the ACT’ s economy had been overstated by the doomsayers and that the general position was improving. While

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Australian Journal of Politics and HistoryWiley

Published: Jun 1, 1998

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