Cabinet papers
Russia-backed spaceport proposed for Christmas Island abandoned in 2002 over sovereignty fears
Cabinet papers reveal Russia wanted to limit Australia’s access to its rocket technology and classified information, leading to ‘impasse’
Tory Shepherd
31, Dec, 2022 @7:00 PM
Country of fear: Australia of 2002 was preoccupied with national security
Cabinet papers 2002: even before the Bali attacks, the Howard government passed sweeping anti-terrorism laws in response to 9/11
Tory Shepherd and Australian Associated Press
31, Dec, 2022 @6:59 PM
John Howard’s government considered letting offshore detainees into Australia in 2002
Cabinet papers 2002: records show there were growing concerns about management of asylum seekers in Australia’s offshore detention centres
Tory Shepherd
31, Dec, 2022 @6:59 PM
Howard ministers considered extinguishing native title over SA site earmarked for nuclear waste dump
Cabinet papers 2002: documents shed light on strategy amid decades-long battle to create national storage centre
Tory Shepherd
31, Dec, 2022 @6:59 PM
John Howard overrode George Pell’s objections to allow research using surplus IVF embryos
Cabinet papers 2002: PM lifted ban despite opposition of conservatives and religious leaders, including then Archbishop Pell
Tory Shepherd
31, Dec, 2022 @6:59 PM
HIH and Ansett: how the Howard government was forced to act over giant corporate collapses
Airline’s fall was nation’s largest mass job loss and insurer’s demise most expensive in Australian history
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2021 @1:05 PM
‘It stopped the boats’: John Howard on Tampa, Siev X and the Pacific solution
With the release of the 2001 cabinet papers, the former prime minister remains unapologetic about his tough policies on asylum seekers
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2021 @1:05 PM
John Howard and the ABC: desire for cuts came up against Liberal support for broadcaster
The Coalition government was left with a dilemma after the ABC had to scale back its international broadcasts
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2021 @1:05 PM
Where ‘mutual obligation’ began: John Howard’s paradigm shift on welfare
Government also opposed apology to stolen generations ‘given that the practices were at the time believed to be in the best interests of the children’
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2021 @1:05 PM
Before Australia’s climate wars: when a Coalition cabinet leaned towards positive action
Despite fierce battles between senior Coalition members, work had begun in 2001 on a national energy policy
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2021 @1:05 PM
Australia's security fears in 2000 focused on hostage taking at Sydney Olympics, cabinet papers show
As to what intelligence authorities received about actual threats, documents offer only tantalising hints
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2020 @7:56 PM
John Howard 2000 cabinet papers: climate wars and the conservative re-engineering of Australia
Newly released documents reveal a government preoccupied with GST, carbon emissions and returning the country to the prime minister’s ideal
Anne Davies
31, Dec, 2020 @7:43 PM
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