Executive Government - Recent Items

2007

2006

2005

2004

Nov 21: Questions: Time To Retire The Rhetoric [Canberra Times editorial]
Nov 16: Governor-General's Address Opening The 41st Parliament
Nov 10: Federal Links With Local Government Will Grow: Howard
Apr 14: Jeffery (You Know, The G-G) Finally Gets Something To Do
Apr 14: Greens Renew Call For Royal Commission On Iraq Intelligence
Apr 13: Howard Rejects Call For Royal Commission On Intelligence Services
Mar 14: Madrid Bombings Prompt Meeting Of Counter Terrorism Committee
Mar 10: Abbott Announces Medicare Plus Deal With Senate Independents - Audio
Mar 08: Text Of The Proposed Iraqi Constitution
Feb 18: Work, Family & Community: Latham Press Club Address - Audio
Feb 12: Howard Announces Changes To Parliamentary Superannuation
Feb 12: Beattie Names Third Term Ministry
Feb 10: Today's Question Time And The FTA - Audio
Feb 09: People And Parliament Still In The Dark: Democrats
Feb 09: Beattie Says Free Trade Deal Is Betrayal Of Sugar Industry
Feb 09: Audio Of Senator Andrew Bartlett's Comments On The FTA
Feb 09: Our Farmers Have Been Dudded: Latham - Audio
Feb 09: Australia Now Locked Into Growth: Howard On FTA
Feb 09: Free Trade Agreement Fact Sheets
Feb 09: Agreement Reached On Australia-USA Free Trade Agreement
Jan 25: Tetchy Howard Defends Choice Of Waugh As Australian Of The Year

2003

Dec 08: Latham Announces New Shadow Ministry
Dec 08: Costello Releases Updated Budget Outlook, Compares Bartlett With Latham
Sep 30: Senator John Faulkner Discusses Senate Reform In Sydney Institute Speech
Sep 29: Harsh And Heartless Rewarded In Reshuffle: Greens
Sep 29: Changes To Ministerial Arrangements
Sep 29: Howard Reshuffles Ministry
Sep 03: Paul Keating's Address At The Launch Of 'The History Wars'
Sep 02: Costello Jousts With Journalists Over National Accounts, Iraq, Tuckey, Ethanol And Hanson
Jun 04: Costello Relationship Is Professional, Effective And Friendly: Howard
Jun 03: Howard Says He's Staying
May 13: Full Text Of Peter Costello's Budget Speech
May 11: Howard Announces Decision On Hollingworth
May 11: Governor-General Stands Aside
May 05: Minor Parties Oppose Free Trade Agreement
Apr 28: Beattie Provides Support To Depleted Opposition
Apr 24: Writing The Story Of SIEVX: Tony Kevin
Apr 22: Howard Hints At Imminent Announcement On Leadership
Jan 24: No Fait Accompli Says Defence Minister
Jan 24: Howard's Media Blitz To Justify Troop Deployment
Jan 23: You Should Not Be Going: Crean To Troops
Jan 23: Howard Farewells HMAS Kanimbla
Jan 23: Howard Denies Troop Deployment Is Premature
Jan 23: Democrats Oppose Troops To Iraq, Demand Recall Of Parliament
Jan 22: Howard Government To Send Troops To Persian Gulf

2002

Dec 27: Howard Announces $15 Million Anti-Terrorist Advertising Campaign
Dec 25: Christmas Messages From Howard, Crean And Hollingworth
Dec 20: Howard Announces Re-Appointment Of Departmental Secretaries
Oct 15: Some Reflections On Bali And SIEVX: Tony Kevin
Sep 25: Defence Department Head Removed By Government
Sep 20: New Evidence Reveals Government Lies In Election Campaign
Aug 24: The Tampa: One Year On - Speech By Tony Kevin
Aug 23: Crean Announces New ALP Shadow Ministry
Aug 02: The 'Truth Factory': Robert Parker And The Public Service
Jul 19: Democrats Say Ruddock Should Be Dismissed Over Detention Centres
Jul 15: Crean Says Howard Must Come Clean On Heffernan
Jul 14: What Did Howard Know About Heffernan's False Allegations?
Jul 10: Democracy And The Law Threatened By Howard Government: Burnside
Jun 30: Howard Quizzed On SIEVX
Jun 27: Howard Claims Better Record In Question Time Than Keating, Hawke, Or Fraser
Jun 20: Transcript and Audio Of Howard's Press Conference On The International Criminal Court
Jun 20: Howard Government To Support International Criminal Court
Jun 05: Key Terms Explained: Separation Of Powers
May 28: New Military Appointments Announced - Statement by Defence Minister
May 28: Cosgrove Appointed Chief of Defence Force
May 22: The Public Service: Muscles And Sinews Of Our National Life - Speech by Tony Abbott
May 22: Biography And Comments On John Gorton
May 20: John Gorton, Former Liberal Prime Minister, Dies, 90
May 20: Defence, Border Protection And The Budget
May 19: Supply and the Budget: An Explanation
May 04: The Four Laws Of The Liberal Party: Speech by Mark Latham
Apr 02: Howard Takes Issue With 4 Corners Over Drugs Strategy
Feb 27: A Torpedo Homing In On Deceit: Crean on Admiral Barrie
Feb 25: Howard Comments On Tesna Collapse, Admiral Barrie, and Hollingworth
Feb 25: Admiral Barrie Recants His Previous Statements
Feb 21: Text And Audio Of John Howard's Press Conference In Support Of The Governor-General
Feb 21: What Did He Know And When Did He Know It?
Feb 20: The Debate Over Jobs Gained By Former Government Ministers
Feb 19: Howard Grilled At Lively Press Conference; Tense Mood In Question Time
Feb 19: Text of John Howard's Press Conference
Feb 19: Howard's Elaborate Defence Crumbling Says Crean
Feb 19: What's Happening In South Australia?
Feb 15: Howard And Reith Get Their Stories Straight
Feb 15: Howard & Peter Reith: Recollections
Feb 15: Children In The Water-gate: Why It Matters
Feb 13: Key Terms Explained: Hung Parliament
Feb 13: An Analysis Of Today's Question Time
Feb 12: Text and Audio Of The Governor-General's Speech Opening Parliament
Feb 12: Governor-General Opens Parliament
Feb 12: Key Terms Explained: Minority Government
Feb 08: Key Terms Explained: Parliamentary Democracy
Feb 07: Key Terms Explained: Executive Government
Feb 06: Key Terms Explained: Constitutional Monarchy
Feb 05: Key Terms Explained: The Public Service
Feb 04: Why Politics Matters: A Case Study - Public Liability Insurance
Feb 04: Key Terms Explained: Westminster System
Jan 24: Key Terms Explained: Parliament and Government
Jan 23: Key Terms Explained: Representative Government
Jan 23: Beattie Task Force Meets Over Insurance Crisis
Jan 22: Key Terms Explained: Responsible Government
Jan 01: 30 Years On, McMahon Condemned By Former Colleagues

2001

Dec 26: Sir Humphrey Appleby (aka Sir Nigel Hawthorne) Dies, 72
Dec 13: Howard Announces New Cabinet Committees
Dec 07: Howard Announces New Departmental Secretaries
Nov 23: Full Text of Howard's Press Conference Announcing New Ministry
Nov 23: Howard Announces Third Term Ministry
Nov 11: Howard's Third Term: Some Historical Comparisons
Sep 17: Government Wins Tampa Case In Federal Court
Sep 11: Federal Court Says Government Acted Illegally Over Tampa
Sep 07: Wooldridge Announces Resignation From Parliament
Aug 25: Howard Minister Admits To Knowledge Of Liberal Party GST Rort
Jun 19: Howard's speech on the Centenary of the Australian Public Service
Jun 12: Howard To Visit United States In September
May 27: Beazley Wrong On Taxation and Spending, Says Howard
May 24: Kim Beazley's Response to the Federal Budget
May 22: Few Surprises In Federal Budget
May 22: Full Text Of Peter Costello's Budget Speech
May 10: Sir Arthur Tange Dies, 86
May 03: Howard's Comments on the Stone Memo
Apr 27: What's in the Financial Review Today?
Apr 22: Howard's Press Conference Announcing Hollingworth's Appointment
Apr 22: Howard Appoints Hollingworth As Next Governor-General
Apr 21: AMA At War With Wooldridge
Apr 04: Peter Reith Discusses Politics and Defence Policy
Mar 02 : John Howard Opens Liberal Campaign for Ryan By-Election
Feb 25: Howard Under Pressure As Polls Show Slipping Support
Jan 31: Electoral Rorts Snares Would-Be Howard Minister

2000

Dec 21: Power and Influence In John Howard's Liberal Party
Dec 19: John Howard Announces Ministerial Reshuffle
Nov 22: Howard Makes Speech About Government Direction
Oct 08: ACT Government Facing Defeat Over Soccer Stadium Fiasco
Sep 27: Speculation About Federal Ministerial Reshuffle
Sep 19: Howard Ministers Split Over Defence Spending
Sep 09: Blight On The Hill?
Sep 05: Beazley Gives Industry To Lawrence, McMullan Moved To Aboriginal Affairs
Aug 25: Carmen Lawrence Calls For Political Reform
Jul 26: Howard Says He'll Consider Retirement After 64th Birthday Jul 07: Minority Government in South Australia
Jun 30: ACT Government's Budget Blocked In Assembly
Jun 01: Howard Beats Keating's Term As Prime Minister
May 09: Costello Delivers 2000-01 Federal Budget
Feb 01: Kernot Embarrassment a Dilemma for Beazley
Jan 29: Queensland Government's Future Hangs In The Balance

1999

Oct 30: Napthine Announces Shadow Ministry
Oct 28: Howard and Costello In Conflict Over Republic
Oct 24: New Head of Defence Department Appointed

1998

Oct 13: Howard To Announce Ministerial Reshuffle

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