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Australian Journal of Politics and History: Volume 60, Number 4, 2014, pp. 621-673. Commonwealth of Australia January to June 2014 JOHN WANNA The Australian National University Perceptions of Unfairness and Mixed Messages Spoil the Abbott’s Government’s First Year in Office On becoming prime minister in September 2013, Tony Abbott managed only four sitting weeks of parliament before the Christmas break descended upon the government. In that time he moved quickly to introduce legislation to repeal his “noxious” taxes (but could not get Senate approval), launched a Commission of Audit headed by Tony Shepherd from the Business Council, toughened up the government’s stance on asylum-seekers by working through Defence, Customs and Immigration, and began disestablishing many federal agencies the government had decided were surplus to requirements. Other than that, the government seemed content to bask in the glory of winning government after only two terms out of office. Behind the scenes, the government began to formulate its budgetary proposals even while the Commission of Audit was investigating the state of the books and assessing the long-term liabilities to the budget. Many cost-cutting and down-sizing measures were mooted in the media along with predicted increases in government charges, such as a
Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley
Published: Dec 1, 2014
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