australian politics

The 1990 Federal Election The 1990 election saw the ALP lose office on a 14 seat swing ending seven years of Labor government under Bob Hawke, and seeing the Liberal/National Coalition return to office under Andrew Peacock. The vast majority of the Coalition’s seat gains were in Peacock’s home...

The Found Prime Minister An Australian Politics wikibox tl by gaitskellitebevanite Chapter 1 When Harold Holt succeeded Robert Menzies as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister the situation had been remarkably different. Menzies had led the Liberal-Country Coalition to seven successive...

What If Treasurer Ralph Willis Never Releases His Papers in His Press Conference Three Days Before the Election? Which Claimed That John Howard then Opposition Leader would Cut Federal Aid to States and Territories which Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett Declared Fake

What sort of political scenario would be necessary in order for the peaceful unification of the British colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, West Australia, and Queensland into the Dominion of Australia in 1901 to be butterflied away? What sort of ramifications would...

In October of 1975, the Liberal-National Coalition, led by Malcolm Fraser, chose to block supply in the Senate for the government, and prevented the passage of several appropriations bills. This led to Fraser approaching the Governor-General, John Kerr, and requesting that he dismiss Whitlam's...

THE JUST FEAR? A Wikibox Timeline By Morraw In the study of Australian politics, 1951 has often been cited as a watershed year much akin to 1901, 1916, 1931, and 1945. Taking place against the backdrop of the Korean War and the height of the Red Scare, Australia was over the course of the...