1. Australia.
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MACKERRAS, MALCOLM
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LABOR laws , *CABINET officers , *HANGING (Death) ,AUSTRALIAN politics & government, 1945- - Abstract
The article looks at politics in Australia in 2005. Topics discussed include the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005, the hanging execution of Australian citizen Nguyen Tuong Van in Singapore, and the record-setting number of days Robert Menzies spent as Prime Minister. The author offers his opinion on politician Mark Lantham, declaring him the worst leader of the Labor Party in history. Changes made to the cabinet of Prime Minister John Howard are discussed, noting the replacement of Minister for Transport and Regional Services John Duncan Anderson by Warren Errol Truss.
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- 2006
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