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  1. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    6 June 1991 It was a bad day for the Australian Capital Territory’s Chief Minister Trevor Kaine. The Liberal Chief Minister had come to power on the back of a no-confidence motion against Labor’s Rosemary Follet, but was now facing the same himself. His government had been formed in 1989 as an...

  2. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    Probably, but its certainly not unheard of. OTL Carr won the 95 election in majority despite losing by 2.5%.

  3. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    11 May 1991 Newspoll data is released the same night as the by-election for the seat of Menzies in Victoria. Labor decided not to field a candidate in the seat that had been vacated by former Deputy Liberal Leader Neil Brown. Kevin Andrews, the Liberal candidate, faced a strong challenge from...

  4. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    8 February 1991 It wasn’t just the Victorian Liberals that were in crisis. In Tasmania, former Premier Robin Gray was beleaguered. His Deputy Ray Groom had resigned earlier that morning, citing an irreconcilable difference of opinions with Gray. Having lost the 1989 election to an alliance of...

  5. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    19 January 1991 Treasurer John Hewson and Transport Minister John Sharp announced to the awaiting press gallery that buyers had been found for the country’s two state-owned airlines. QANTAS, the airline operating international services was to be sold to a joint-bid of American airline Delta Air...

  6. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    7 January 1991 Andrew Peacock stepped off his plane in the Saudi Arabian capital city of Riyadh. He was on a public relations mission, to look like the stately, wartime leader that Australia needed. He was arriving ahead of the first deployment of Australian troops to the Gulf, responding to...

  7. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    20 November 1990 Newspoll numbers brought just a little good news for Andrew Peacock. The Coalition had gained some ground back from Labor two-party preferred, at 53-47. Peacock’s approval ratings had a significant shift, from -46 to -32, while Keating’s had slipped from -4 to -10. Peacock took...

  8. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    Neal Blewett, he was Health Minister and Trade Minister under Hawke, then became Social Security Minister under Keating

  9. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    26 October 1990 Asked by Nine’s Laurie Oakes if there was any division in the government over the failed budget measures proposed by Treasurer John Hewson, Deputy Prime Minister Charles Blunt denied that there was. “We are committed and united behind the Prime Minister and the agenda that he...

  10. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    24 October 1990 Victorian Premier Steve Crabb faced a problem he hadn’t seen coming. Or not quite yet anyway. The opposition benches were rife with speculation and the media was full of gossip: Jeff Kennett was plotting his comeback. It hadn’t been a long time since Kennett himself had been...

  11. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    8 October 1990 It was The Australian’s Dennis Shanahan who was sent the memo Janine Haines had written to the Democrat’s national secretary, declaring her intention to sit as an independent. “Holy shit,” he said. There was no chance for him to run this scope in the day’s news. He just had to...

  12. List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    2007-2010: Kevin Rudd/Julia Gillard (Labor) 2007: def. Liberal (John Howard), National (Mark Vaile) 2010-2013: Tony Abbott/Warren Truss (Liberal/National) 2010: def. Labor (Kevin Rudd), Australian Greens (Bob Brown) 2013-2017: Julia Gillard/Bill Shorten (Labor) 2013: def. Liberal (Tony...

  13. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    7 October 1990 This was it for Janine Haines. She had negotiated an agreement with the government to pass most of their budget measures Treasurer John Hewson had put forward in his budget. But now, she had to get her party room of 8 Senators had to sign off to support the packages through...

  14. AHC: European Union prior to 1914

    You could work with the Congress of Vienna...

  15. Optimal GERMANY post-World War I borders survey (Central Powers victory)

    Austria-Hungary is a Central Power ally. Why is Germany annexing all that territory? If the Centrals win, then Austria-Hungary survives surely? It may have to federalise, mind you but that's a different issue all together.

  16. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    21 September 1990 Newspoll data shows that Labor has gained ground against the Coalition two-party preferred, putting the result at 53/47. Prime Minister Andrew Peacock’s personal approval rating has also slipped to -46, one of the lowest recorded numbers in Newspoll’s history. Opposition...

  17. DBWI: What if the United States had survived into the 21st Century?

    It wouldn't have survived much longer. It probably would have reached a point where, without another major power rival in the Soviet Union, it would have just collapsed under the weight of its own existence

  18. Serbia vs Albania

    During the 1998 Kosovo War, Albania intervenes and invades the region. They'd probably be welcomed in by the Kosovar rebels. Would make it very tricky for NATO when they decide to intervene

  19. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    21 August 1990 Facing significant pressure and resistance, Janine Haines was in hot water. Her announcement that she was prepared to negotiate the government’s Medicare and HECS reforms through the Senate had caused a major backlash to the Democrats. The party’s primary vote had crashed in the...

  20. "The Answer Is Liberal": Australia After Hawke

    The thing is that Howard knew Costello would probably be his successor, but he enjoyed being PM too much. Howard had promised several times to hand over to Costello at some point. His original promise was he would leave after 1 and a half terms. Then he said he would retire when he turned 60...
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