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• 19th September 1963 - The jig wasn't up!
      Keywords: Robert Menzies, Scotland

• 22nd July 1966 -  Menzies becomes Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
      Keywords: Sir Robert Menzies, Harold Wilson

• 1st October 1966 - A sponsor speaks.
      Keywords: Harold Holt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Sir Robert Menzies, Arthur Calwell

• 15th August 1967 - Alms!
      Keywords: Henry Bolte, Harold Holt, William McMahon, Chowilla Dam, Big Buffalo Dam

• 16th August 1967 - A postal lead recovery...
      Keywords: Harold Holt, William McMahon, Australian Federal Budget

• 19th August 1967 - Lotus eaters?
      Keywords: William McMahon, Harold Holt, Drought, Social Services

• 2nd April 1968 - All the way...
      Keywords: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Harold Holt, Paul Hasluck, Andrew Jones, John Gorton, Vietnam War

• 30th April 1968 - All in!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Jim Cairns, John Gorton, James McEwen, Paul Haslusk, William McMahon

• 30th April 1968 - The final countdown.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Jim Cairns

• 6th January 1969 -  Havoc at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.
      Keywords: John Gorton, Harold Wilson, Cricket

• 24th October 1969 - Your pick!
      Keywords: John Gorton, Gough Whitlam, Bob Dyer

• 29th October 1969 - Cheque?
      Keywords: John Gorton, Gough Whitlam, Sir Henry Bolte, Receipt Tax

• 20th May 1970 - Draw!
      Keywords: John Gorton, Leslie Bury, William McMahon, Australian Development Corporation, Coober Pedy

• 25th May 1970 -  Menzies objects to expulsion.
      Keywords: Robert Menzies, Cricket

• 22nd February 1972 - Unsuitable viewing!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, William McMahon, Vince Gair, Richard Nixon, China

• 28th July 1972 - Difficulty being heard?
      Keywords: Australian Aboriginals, Aboriginal Embassy, William McMahon, Nigel Bowen, Andrew Peacock, Phillip Lynch, Andrew Peacock, ACTU

• 8th August 1972 - It's time!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Clive Holding, William McMahon, Vincent Gair

• 17th August 1972 - Clang!
      Keywords: John Gorton, William McMahon

• 23rd August 1972 - Filling the shoes.
      Keywords: Sir William McMahon, Sir Robert Menzies, Sir Henry Bolte, Sir Rupert Hamer

• 14th September 1972 - End of the second Tent Embassy.
      Keywords: William McMahon, Australian Aboriginals, Aboriginal Tent Embassy

• 12th October 1972 -  Waterloo.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, William McMahon, Doug Anthony, Vince Gair, Billy Sneddon

• 27th November 1972 -  A gift from New Zealand
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, William McMahon, Billy Snedden, New Zealand

• 29th November 1972 - Ruling Australia!
      Keywords: William McMahon, Australian Rules Football

• 1st December 1972 -  Politician pay rise.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, William McMahon

• 29th March 1973 - A raid!
      Keywords: ASIO, Lionel Murphy, Gough Whitlam, William McMahon, Lionel Murphy, Phillip Lynch, John Gorton, Ivor Greenwood

• 10th April 1973 -  Electoral reforms.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Vince Gair, Doug Anthony

• 10th July 1973 - Mining rights?
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Rex Connor, Surfers Paradise, Storm Damage

• 12th November 1973 -  "Ming the Magnificent"
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Sir Rupert Hamer, Sir Robert Menzies

• 30th November 1973 -  Getting into the club!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Rex Connor

• 29th January 1974 -  A handicap?
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Jim Cairns, Golf

• 9th April 1974 -  FM Radio arrives in Australia.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Lance Barnard, Billy Sneddon, Doug Anthony, FM Radio

• 14th May 1974 - Balance of power.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Doug Anthony, Billy Snedden

• 13th August 1974 -  A foot in the door.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Frank Crean, Jim Cairns, Bob Hawke, Clyde Cameron

• 14th August 1974 - "Hoo Ha"
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Margaret Whitlam, Hoo Ha, Inflation, Octopus, Jim Cairns, Frank Crean

• 27th September 1974 -  Another trip...
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Jim Cairns, Phil Lynch, Billy Snedden

• 1st October 1974 -  Trading out of a deficit?
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Rex Connor

• 7th October 1974 - Doing a deal!
      Keywords: Jim Cairns, China, Chou En-Lai, Peking Trade Fair, Blue Poles

• 3rd April 1975 - Ahem...
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Sir Billy Snedden, Suharto

• 23rd May 1975 -  Looking for finance.
      Keywords: Rex Connor, Phil Lynch, Malcolm Fraser, Pawn Brokers

• 25th June 1975 - Drilling for votes!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Tasmania, Mining

• 2nd July 1975 -  The loans affair.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Loans Affair

• 7th July 1975 -  "It's Time" revisited.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Loans Affair

• 20th October 1975 -  Lady Godiva!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Lady Godiva

• 21st October 1975 -  Popularity.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 3rd November 1975 -  Getting leaner.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Sir John Kerr

• 6th November 1975 -  Reprehensible.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 7th November 1975 -  Visiting the Governor General.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Sir John Kerr

• 11th November 1975 -  Deadlock.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 27th November 1975 -  East Timor situation begins.
      Keywords: East Timor, Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 1st December 1975 -  Another message from New Zealand.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, New Zealand

• 12th December 1975 - Which way will it go?
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 15th December 1975 -  The election is held.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 28th April 1976 -  Lest we forget.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Adam Malik, East Timor

• 27th July 1976 -  Concern over the "Russian presence".
      Keywords: The Olympic Games, Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, Malcolm Fraser

• 29th July 1976 -  Under performance.
      Keywords: The Olympic Games, Malcolm Fraser, Gerald Ford, Leonid Brezhnev

• 5th October 1976 - Eclipsed!
      Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Malcolm Fraser, Phil Lynch

• 7th October 1976 - Disembarking!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Adam Malik, East Timor, Sinkiang

• 11th October 1976 -  Fraser ignores the past.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Suharto, East Timor

• 7th January 1977 - A new look!
      Keywords: Robert Menzies, Malcolm Fraser, Dennis Lillee, Phillip Lynch, Cricket

• 11th April 1977 - Happy Easter!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Phillip Lynch, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Rupert Hamer, Neville Wran, Sir Charles Court, Bill Neilson, Don Dunstan, State Premiers Conference, Easter Eggs

• 16th May 1977 - A new wagon!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Don Chipp, Australian Democrats, Ansett

• 27th May 1977 - The Second Fox Report.
      Keywords: Australian Aboriginals, John Gorton, The Fox Report

• 10th June 1977 - Assistance...
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Robert Muldoon, Gleneagles Agreement, Australian Aborigines, Apartheid

• 16th June 1977 - Last words.
      Keywords: Idi Amin, Malcolm Fraser, Human Rights

• 28th June 1977 - Sneaking through with the crowd!
      Keywords: Boat People, Malcolm Fraser, Uranium Mining

• 3rd November 1977 - Too hard!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bart Cummings, Gold and Black, Horse

• 1st December 1977 -  No sex please, we're in politics!
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser

• 9th December 1977 - To be, or not to be.
      Keywords: Australian Democrats, Don Chipp, Colin Mason, Macolm Fraser

• 15th February 1978 - The Hilton Bombing.
      Keywords: Hilton Bombing, Terrorism, Malcolm Fraser

• 23rd February 1978 - Profit!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Telstra, Post Master General, Australia Post, Telecom

• 30th March 1978 -  Fighting for land...
      Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Malcolm Fraser, Missionaries, Australian Aboriginals

• 10th April 1978 - Looking for a solution...
      Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Malcolm Fraser, Jimmy Carter, Neutron Bomb

• 13th July 1978 - Looking for credit!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Australian Federal Budget

• 21st September 1978 -  Taxing pocket money.
      Keywords: Laurie Oakes, Australian Federal Budget, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard

• 7th November 1978 - A quick fix?
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, The Australian Economy, Sankey Versus Whitlam, Horse

• 8th November 1978 -  A slow horse brings no joy.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Sir Rupert Hamer, The Melbourne Cup

• 14th November 1978 - Having a go!
      Keywords: Petrol Pricing, Leo Gorman, Transport Workers Union, Malcolm Fraser

• 1st December 1978 -  Halving the workload.
      Keywords: Cricket, Malcolm Fraser, Anthony Street

• 22nd December 1978 - Disbelief!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Father Christmas

• 13th February 1979 -  Dull, dull, dull.
      Keywords: Cricket, Malcolm Fraser, Don Bradman

• 23rd March 1979 - Tatoo!
      Keywords: Sir James Killen, Defense, Fremantle Class Patrol Boast, Malcolm Fraser

• 31st July 1979 - Ouch!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Doug Lowe, Stingray

• 2nd August 1979 -  Government interference.
      Keywords: Australian Federal Government, Public Service, Public Service Unions

• 9th October 1979 - Foundations...
      Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Malcolm Fraser

• 2nd November 1979 - The future!
      Keywords: Superannuation, Paul Keating

• 26th November 1979 - A headache!
      Keywords: BHP, Australian Iron and Steel, Malcolm Fraser

• 18th April 1980 - Peaceful solutions.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Robert Mugabe, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Zimbabwe

• 25th July 1980 - Water wings...
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Swimming

• 19th August 1980 -  Stolen thunder.
      Keywords: Laurie Oakes, Australian Federal Budget, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard

• 22nd August 1980 - Onward!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, John Howard

• 4th August 1981 -  Aussies in trouble in England.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Cricket

• 18th September 1981 -  Commonwealth leaders arrive for CHOGM.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Idi Amin

• 30th September 1981 -  CHOGM!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Indira Gandhi, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Muldoon

• 18th February 1982 - Sorry! I don't think so...
      Keywords: Sonia McMahon, William McMahon, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Don Chipp

• 24th February 1982 - Loose change, perhaps?
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Lindsay Thompson, Neville Wran, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Harry Holgate, Taxation

• 10th May 1982 - It's a "new" cabinet!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Cabinet Reshuffles

• 9th July 1982 -  Pessimism.
      Keywords: Australian Rules Football, Collingwood Football Club, Malcolm Fraser

• 13th August 1982 - Just stand here...
      Keywords: John Howard, Malcolm Fraser, Australian Federal Budget

• 7th September 1982 - A shrinking puddle.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Drought, Inflation, Unemployment, Tax Avoidance

• 29th September 1982 -  The war against evasion begins.
      Keywords: Taxation, Tax Evasion, Malcolm Fraser

• 8th October 1982 - You're out!
      Keywords: Commonwealth Games, Victor Davis, Swimming, Malcolm Fraser

• 2nd November 1982 - Seen with a winner!
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Bil Hayden, Melbourne Cup, Gurners Lane

• 10th February 1983 - Cheap petrol anyone?
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Drought

• 15th February 1983 - At odds!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Water Restrictions

• 1st March 1983 - Togetherness!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Franklin River Dam

• 2nd March 1983 - Soaked...
      Keywords: Drought, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser

• 1st November 1983 - Picking a winner.
      Keywords: Ronald Reagan, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 23rd August 1984 -  No luck at all...
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Andrew Peacock

• 25th October 1985 - Special delivery!
      Keywords: Uluru, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Inflation, Australian Aborigines

• 14th November 1985 -  Trying to get one past...
      Keywords: Cricket, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, The World

• 14th February 1986 - Pursued by the mob!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke

• 25th July 1986 - A Banana Republic.
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Bob Hawke, Banana Republic, John Laws

• 20th August 1986 -  A Budget impression...
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, Australian Federal Budget

• 16th February 1987 - A Picnic at Hanging Rock.
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, John Howard, Ian Sinclair, Joan Lindsay

• 6th March 1987 - It's a jungle you know!
      Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Monkey, Forest Management

• 2nd April 1987 -  Sunflowers.
      Keywords: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Andrew Peacock, John Howard, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Ian Sinclair, Van Gough

• 14th April 1987 - Back into Action!
      Keywords: Doug Anthony, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser, Henry Bolte, William McMahon, Joh Bjelke-Petersen

• 1st May 1987 - Good news!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Inflation

• 8th September 1987 -  No treaty here...
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, ACTU, Australian Aboriginals

• 16th September 1987 - Try one!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, Australian Federal Budget

• 17th September 1987 - A Balanced Budget...
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Inflation

• 26th October 1987 -  The economic outlook...
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke

• 19th February 1988 - Just asking!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Superannuation

• 26th May 1988 - Making a statement!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 8th June 1988 - Innocent!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Australian Dollar

• 1st August 1988 -  A visit by Margaret Thatcher.
      Keywords: Margaret Thatcher, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 16th August 1988 -  Howard Criticised by Fraser.
      Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, John Howard, Gough Whitlam, Sir John Kerr

• 14th October 1988 - Quick question!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard

• 15th October 1988 -  Looking for improvement!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 2nd November 1988 -  Saved by the favourite!
      Keywords: The Melbourne Cup, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 19th December 1988 - Imports!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Trade Deficits, Christmas

• 18th March 1989 - Environment?
      Keywords: Interest Rates, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 24th April 1989 - Cash Recovery!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Pat Cash, Tennis, Inflation

• 3rd June 1989 - Minor malfunction?
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation

• 3rd August 1989 - Changing the shine!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, The Ashes, Cricket

• 7th August 1989 - Surprise!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Allan Border, The Ashes

• 15th March 1990 - Controlling the middle.
      Keywords: Janine Haines, Bob Hawke, Andrew Peacock, Australian Democrats

• 28th July 1990 - Life beside Politics!
      Keywords: Collingwood Football Club, Paul Keating

• 5th September 1990 - Just a minute!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Collingwood Football Club

• 11th December 1990 - Leading?
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke

• 21st December 1990 - What I want for Christmas...
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Recession, Santa Claus

• 26th December 1990 - Restraining Christmas Cheer.
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Recession, Christmas

• 27th December 1990 - Working together?
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bob Hawke

• 7th February 1991 - Good job!
      Keywords: Collingwood Football Club, Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, The Gulf War

• 12th February 1991 - Oh no!
      Keywords: State Bank of South Australia, Paul Keating, Joan Kirner, Bob Hawke, John Bannon

• 22nd March 1991 - Sunk.
      Keywords: Joan Kirner, Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, Fish

• 5th April 1991 - A bit crook!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Interest Rates

• 3rd June 1991 - Standoff!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 5th August 1991 - Biding one's time...
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 8th August 1991 - Free trade!
      Keywords: George Bush, Bob Hawke, Simon Crean, Agricultural Trade Subsidies

• 18th September 1991 - Siesta time?
      Keywords: Paul Keating, John Halfpenny

• 14th November 1991 - Job Security.
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 4th December 1991 - Help!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Hewson, GST, Shark

• 12th December 1991 - In trouble!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 13th December 1991 -  The "Fightback" policy.
      Keywords: John Hewson, The Goods and Services Tax, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, Cricket

• 20th December 1991 - Knockout!
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 28th December 1991 -  A new ministry.
      Keywords: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Dawkins, John Kerin, Graham Richardson, Ralph Willis

• 4th January 1992 -  Bush comes "Waltzing Matilda".
      Keywords: George Bush, Paul Keating, Agricultural Trade Subsidies, Polka Dots

• 7th January 1992 - Thank you from down under!
      Keywords: George Bush, Paul Keating

• 23rd March 1992 - Phew!
      Keywords: Unemployment, Recession, Paul Keating

• 27th May 1992 - More than a speed hump...
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Graeme Richardson, Caucus, Australian Rules Football

• 8th June 1992 -  Marching to another beat!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, The Australian Republican Movement, Queen's Birthday

• 30th July 1992 - A recount perhaps?
      Keywords: Paul Keating, John Dawkins, Cycling, Kathy Watt

• 31st July 1992 - Gold!
      Keywords: Keiran Perkins, Paul Keating, Swimming

• 21st August 1992 - Free speech!
      Keywords: Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbechev, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating

• 4th September 1992 -  Strictly trade!
      Keywords: The Statue of Liberty, George Bush, Paul Keating, Strictly Ballroom, Polka Dots

• 18th December 1992 - Restoring Hope...
      Keywords: Australian Armed Forces, Somalia, Paul Keating, Fitzroy Football Club

• 23rd December 1992 - It's clean as well!
      Keywords: Drought, Water Quality, Paul Keating

• 18th September 1993 -  Prime Minister Keating travels to London.
      Keywords: Royal Family, Paul Keating

• 25th September 1993 - A new flag?
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Anita Keating, The Olympic Games

• 23rd October 1994 - Art and economics.
      Keywords: Melbourne Art Center, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Paul Keating, Creative Nation

• 8th March 1995 - Election Polo?
      Keywords: Kerry Packer, Paul Keating, Polo

• 8th March 1995 - A response!
      Keywords: Kerry Packer, Paul Keating, John Howard

• 21st March 1995 - Here we go again!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Australian Dollar

• 17th April 1995 - Down by the Lake!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Greg Taylor, Foreign Debt, Down by the Lake with Liz and Phil

• 13th August 1995 - Peace!
      Keywords: John Howard, Paul Keating

• 20th August 1995 - Protesting!
      Keywords: France, China, Paul Keating, Nuclear Testing

• 29th October 1995 - Heh Haw!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Ralph Willis, Kerry Packer

• 11th January 1996 - A small win?
      Keywords: John Howard, Wayne Goss, Paul Keating, Carmen Lawrence, Kim Beazley, Ralph Willis

• 11th February 1996 - Saved!
      Keywords: Jeff Kennett, Paul Keating, Carmen Lawrence, John Howard

• 10th March 1996 - Coming through!
      Keywords: Paul Keating, Bill Kelty, Australian Export Trade

• 21st October 1996 - Setback.
      Keywords: Caulfield Cup, Kim Beazley, Jackie Kelly

• 27th October 1996 - Not to be ignored!
      Keywords: John Howard, Pauline Hanson, Tracey Curio, Cat

• 3rd November 1996 -  What do you think of Pauline Hanson?
      Keywords: Pauline Hanson

• 15th November 1996 -  Gun Amnesty expires.
      Keywords: Gun Control

• 6th February 1998 -  Consensus at the Constitutional Convention.
      Keywords: The Republic Referendum, John Hoawrd, Kim Beazley

• 8th February 1998 -  Australia's Constitutional Convention.
      Keywords: The Republic Referendum

• 19th July 1998 - Tap, Hello, Rattle, Rattle...
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Telstra, GST

• 28th July 1999 -  Row over Defence Department problems hots up.
      Keywords: John Howard, John Moore, Paul Barratt, Collins-class Submarine, Royal Australian Navy

• 1st August 1999 -  The inflation "dragon".
      Keywords: Peter Costello, Inflation, Dragon

• 22nd September 1999 -  Further Tax reforms announced in Australia.
      Keywords: Jeff Kennett, Victorian State Election 1999, Australian Federal Government

• 28th September 1999 -  Gareth Evans resigns from parliament.
      Keywords: Gareth Evans, John Howard, East Timor

• 6th October 1999 -  Fury at comments by Keating.
      Keywords: Paul Keating

• 24th October 1999 -  Survey on the Republic Referendum.
      Keywords: The Republic Referendum

• 3rd November 1999 -  Cup week and the Referendum.
      Keywords: The Melbourne Cup, The Republic Referendum

• 7th November 1999 -  Awaking to the Referendum results.
      Keywords: The Republic Referendum

• 7ath November 1999 -  Australia's Republic Referendum.
      Keywords: The Republic Referendum

• 14th November 1999 -  Surge in illegal immigration.
      Keywords: Australian Immigration, Illegal Immigration

• 17th November 1999 -  More illegal immigrants and a ticket fiasco!
      Keywords: Australian Immigration, Illegal Immigration, The Olympic Games, SOCOG

• 21st November 1999 -  Illegal arrivals continue in Australia.
      Keywords: Australian Immigration, Illegal Immigration

• 22nd November 1999 - Priorities!
      Keywords: Inflation, Paul Keating, Cricket

• 24th November 1999 -  Peacekeeping takes its toll.
      Keywords: East Timor, Australian Taxation

• 28th November 1999 -  Heading for PAYE Tax.
      Keywords: Australian Taxation

• 22nd December 1999 -  Digital TV decision announced.
      Keywords: Digital TV, Richard Alston

• 20th February 2000 -  More boat people as defence budget hits crisis.
      Keywords: Australian Defence Department, Illegal Immigration

• 23rd February 2000 -  Beazley holds off on detailing tax changes.
      Keywords: Kim Beazley, John Howard, The Goods and Services Tax

• 8th March 2000 -  Nursing home crisis.
      Keywords: Australian Elderly Care

• 19th March 2000 -  Queen visits Australia.
      Keywords: John Howard, Bronwyn Bishop, Queen Elizabeth II

• 29th March 2000 -  One Nation, big debt.
      Keywords: Pauline Hanson

• 6th April 2000 -  Deadline for Kosovars expires.
      Keywords: John Howard, Philip Ruddock, Charles Perkin, Kosovar Refugees, Sydney Olympics

• 7th May 2000 -  Reviving an extinct species!
      Keywords: Peter Costello, John Howard, The Australian Budget, The Goods and Services Tax

• 14th May 2000 -  Mothers' Day, the Budget, mobile phones!
      Keywords: Mobile Phones, The Australian Federal Budget, John Howard, Peter Costello, Mothers' Day

• 28th June 2000 -  Australian Defence Strategy Green Paper.
      Keywords: Collins-class Submarine, Australian Defence Department

• 30th June 2000 - T'is the season...
      Keywords: Goods and Services Tax, John Howard, Peter Costello

• 9th July 2000 -  Tony Blair's gaffe.
      Keywords: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard, Bob Hawke, Tony Blair, John Gorton

• 16th July 2000 -  GST controversy for Labor Party.
      Keywords: The Goods and Services Tax, Kim Beazley, John Della Bosca

• 23rd July 2000 -  Olympic Flame in Victoria
      Keywords: Kim Beazley, Steve Bracks, The Olympic Games

• 6th August 2000 -  Troubles at the top.
      Keywords: John Howard, Kim Beazley

• 8th October 2000 -  The benefits of the wheel...
      Keywords: Philip Ruddock, Australian Aboriginals

• 22nd October 2000 -  The dollar, the races, the telecard!
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Reith, The Caulfield Cup

• 29th October 2000 -  The sinking dollar.
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello

• 5th November 2000 -  The Cup and the fuel excise.
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, The Melbourne Cup

• 26th November 2000 -  Flooded.
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Flooding, Fuel Excise

• 4th January 2001 -  The cost of air travel.
      Keywords: John Howard, Australian Taxation

• 28th January 2001 -  The start of the campaign trial.
      Keywords: John Howard, Kim Beazley, Federation, Tennis

• 4th February 2001 -  First oil, now the excise.
      Keywords: Peter Costello, Fuel Excise

• 18th February 2001 -  The One Nation Threat.
      Keywords: Pauline Hanson, John Howard, The Wizard of Oz

• 4th March 2001 -  Back flip!
      Keywords: Melbourne Grand Prix, John Howard, Peter Costello, Fuel Excise

• 18th March 2001 -  Duck Season!
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Australian Dollar

• 21st March 2001 -  Slimming Down!
      Keywords: Simon Crean, Kim Beazley

• 25th March 2001 -  Crash Landing.
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, MIR Space Station, Wall Street

• 28th March 2001 -  Internet Wowsers!!
      Keywords: Richard Alston, Online Gambling

• 25th April 2001 -  Defending the turf.
      Keywords: Peter Costello, Woodside Takeover Bid, Australians at War

• 6th May 2001 -  The Stone Memos.
      Keywords: Shane Stone, John Howard, Peter Costello

• 16th May 2001 -  Crumbs!
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Arnotts' Closure, HIH Collapse

• 20th May 2001 -  An approaching budget.
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, HIH Collapse, Federal Budget, Shane Stone

• 23rd May 2001 -  And the cupboard was bare...
      Keywords: Kim Beazley, Simon Crean, Federal Budget

• 27th May 2001 -  Out of the mouth of ...
      Keywords: Kim Beazley, Stephen Conroy, Carl Zimmermann, Federal Budget

• 17th June 2001 -  Pork!
      Keywords: John Howard, Kim Beazley, Queensland Pork Industry

• 23rd June 2001 -  Another reconciliation problem.
      Keywords: John Howard, Dr Michael Wooldridge, Dr Kerrin Phelps, Saying sorry

• 30th June 2001 -  Peter Reith Resigns.
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Reith, Kim Beazley

• 25th March 2002 -  Trouble with cars!
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Bill Heffernan

• 24th July 2002 -  Choose your words wisely
      Keywords: Iraq, Tony Abbott, Maternity Leave, Wheat Trade

• 26th July 2002 -  Internal fighting goes public.
      Keywords: Australian Democrats, Aiden Ridgeway, Natasha Stott Despoja

• 27th July 2002 -  Not a team sport
      Keywords: Meg Lees, Natasha Stott Despoja, The Commonwealth Games, Australian Democrats

• 29th July 2002 -  A fire in the house...
      Keywords: Australian Democrats, Aiden Ridgeway, Natasha Stott Despoja

• 31st July 2002 -  Seeking Asylum...
      Keywords: Australian Democrats, Andrew Murray, Asylum Seekers

• 1st August 2002 -  Go for Gold!
      Keywords: John Howard, Simon Crean, Natasha Stott Despoja, Ian Thorpe, The Commonwealth Games, Australian Democrats

• 5th August 2002 -  Where's Andrew ?
      Keywords: Australian Democrats, Andrew Murray, Natasha Stott Despoja

• 10th January 2003 -  Retirement!
      Keywords: BHP-Billinton, Executive Payouts, John Howard, Peter Costello

• 4th June 2003 - Jubilee!
      Keywords: Queen Elizabeth II, John Howard, Peter Costello, Prince Charles

• 17th July 2003 - Picking up a new baton?
      Keywords: Simon Crean, Cathy Freeman

• 10th October 2004 - At the top of the ladder!
      Keywords: John Howard, Sir Robert Menzies, Mark Latham

• 5th April 2006 - Take that!
      Keywords: John Howard, Peter Costello, Cartoonists, Freedom of the press

• 18th April 2007 - Tragedy.
      Keywords: Virginia Tech University Shootings, Statue of Liberty, Gun Control

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