Did Hawke-Keating government (1983-1996) represent a fundamental break with Labour Tradition?
Date Submitted: 07/22/2004 19:32:25
Category: / History / World History
Length: 7 pages (1931 words)
Category: / History / World History
Length: 7 pages (1931 words)
The Hawke-Keating government of 1983-1996 did, to some extent, represent a fundamental break with Labour tradition. The 1980s and 1990s saw the triumph of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as a governing party and its victory in four successive elections. It has been suggested that this was a "regenerated" Labor Party, which aspired to reform and reshape the traditional basis of Australian politics. Furthermore, the ALP government of this period has been highly criticised for …
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