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en route to the Israeli leader Yiahak Rabinâs funeral. Labor also sought to capitalise the October Keating had used the NSW ALP State Conference as forum in which to step up his attack upon Howard, saying that Howard âwould do any thing for a few votesâ. In Parliament Keating repeatedly described the Coalition as a âpolicy free zoneâ. Until early November the Liberals persisted with their strategy of providing âpolicy directionsâ rather than details. On I1 October Democrat leader Cheryl Kemot warned that neither major party could claim a mandate if it denied voters o enough time t make a considered choice. Then the Catholic Social Welfare Commission and Uniting Church Board of Social Responsibility each stepped in to urge the Coalition to detail its industrial relations policy. In response, and in an effort to establish a more caring image for the Coalition, Howard announced that a Coalition government would maintain a social security net. By the end of November Keating had forced Howard into providing an âiron cladâ guarantee to maintain Medibank and age pensions at the level of twenty-five per cent of average weekly earnings. But Howard remained adamant that the details of Coalition policy would
Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley
Published: Apr 1, 1996
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