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PAUL D. WILLIAMS Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University Overview Political debate during the period continued its march back to domestic issues. While matters of national and international security remained important, they were substantially subsumed â for the first time since 11 September 2001 â by such policy hotspots as higher education and Medicare reforms. Other developments ranged from the prosaic (several Free Trade Agreements), to the vibrant (the accession of Mark Latham to the ALP leadership), to the sadly bizarre (the farce of unwanted sheep exported to the Middle East). For almost all of the period, the Coalition Government appeared completely untroubled. From the time of Lathamâs election in early December, however, it became immediately apparent that a new dynamic had been introduced to Australian politics, one that began to shake established certainties of Coalition hegemony. A Mixed National Economic Outlook The nationâs economy provided mixed fortunes for the Government. Unemployment dropped by yearâs end to a thirteen-year low of just 5.8 per cent, a level Prime Minister John Howard labelled a âgolden figureâ (www.abs.gov.au) (The Australian, 12 September 2003). Despite significant inflationary pressure on food, especially fruit and vegetables, the CPI was similarly restrained
Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley
Published: Jun 1, 2004
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