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Nov 24, 2007 · John Howard failed in his attempt to win a record fifth term in office, and will be replaced by Kevin Rudd, a Labor Party leader.
Ultimately, Peacock resigned and was replaced with Howard's former staffer John Hewson who defeated Peter Reith; Peacock supported Hewson as a symbol of generational change. [66] Howard was a supporter of Hewson's economic program, with a Goods and Services Tax (GST) as its centrepiece.
The deputy leader and outgoing Treasurer Peter Costello had for a long time been publicly heralded as the natural successor to John Howard, and was confirmed as such by Howard on 12 September.
Background. John Howard became Leader of the Opposition on 30 January 1995, replacing Alexander Downer, who resigned in his favour. Downer took the position of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Peter Costello retained his position as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and Shadow Treasurer.
Jun 25, 2017 · Ten years ago this month, the then prime minister, John Howard, and his Indigenous affairs minister, Mal Brough, launched the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) into remote...
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Mar 1, 2016 · Just as importantly, Howard the 1980s conservative warrior was replaced by Howard the centre-right pragmatist. Having realised that he had lost the political battles on Medicare and winding back the welfare safety net, Howard committed to retain and improve both, and ultimately did so even while getting the federal budget firmly into surplus.
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Aug 19, 2021 · Paul Keating and John Howard are the two living transformational shapers of postwar Australia. Before their time in office, the country was over-regulated, protected, insular and even fearful...
