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Political Chronicle: Australia and Papua New Guinea
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian journal of politics and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-8497
pISSN - 0004-9522
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.1984.tb00576.x
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , new guinea , prime minister , politics , dominance (genetics) , political science , political economy , economic history , public administration , history , development economics , economics , law , ethnology , biology , biochemistry , gene
This was a period dominated by the budget and economic questions concerning the magnitude and rate of the economic recovery. Government and Opposition continued to have difficulty in adjusting to their new roles, but the prime minister's dominance of ALP and national politics was unquestioned. The Senate, however, remained somewhat beyond his control.