The Money Men by Chris Bowen (superbooks4u .txt) 📕

280–3, 286, 363

Commonwealth Heads of Treasury meetings, Turner inaugurates 17–18

Commonwealth Liberal Party 23 see also Liberal Party of Australia

Commonwealth Literary Fund 113

Commonwealth Treasury Department

advises Hayden 239–40

early staff levels 18–19

gives tax reform options 325

leaks Budget to Oakes 264

Loans Council increases influence of 67–8

mistrusts Whitlam government 236–7

on effects of stimulus on GFC 412–13

on floating dollar proposals 305

opposes tariff reductions 205–6

recommends surplus budget 268–9

resists deregulation 277, 281–3

response to Asian financial crisis 366–7

response to GFC 405–6

supports GST 369

underestimates mining revenue 359–60

unrealistic growth forecasts 261

Communist Party of Australia 136, 142–4, 146, 153

Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1928 (Cth) 71

Connor, Rex 218–20, 222, 255, 298–9

Conroy, Stephen 396

conscription referenda 37–8

Constitutional conventions, Turner’s work on 9–13

consumption tax see goods and services tax

Cook, James 37

Cook, Joseph 3, 36

Cook, Robert 72

Coombs, Herbert ‘Nugget’ 121–2, 125–8, 180

Copland, Douglas 99–100, 121

Corio Federal electorate, UAP loses 79

Cornish, Selwyn 126, 139, 377–8

Corrigan, Mary Anne 112

Costa, Eric 297

Costello family 348–9

Costello Memoirs, The 386

Costello, Peter Howard 345–90, 345

as barrister 351–2

as deputy Liberal leader 354

as new parliamentarian 352–4

as shadow minister 353

as Treasurer under Howard 354–64

assaulted at university 349

deregulates Reserve Bank 376–80

early life 348

evaluation of 387

introduces GST 371–6

leads Young Liberals 350

leaves Parliament 385

post-Treasurer career 384–7

response to Asian financial crisis 364–8

reviews prudential regulation 380–4

runs for deputy Liberal leader 353

Tanya Coleman marries 254, 350

Costello, Tanya 254, 350

Costigan Royal Commission 270, 273–4

Country Party of Australia see also names of Coalition administrations; National Party of Australia

approaches Fadden to run for parliament 156

attains government in coalition with NP 59

coalition policies 54–5, 59–60, 82

disunity with UAP in opposition 166–7

formation of 57

Fraser’s sympathies with 277–8

gains seats in 1929 election 75–6

in opposition under Scullin 76

independence from Liberal Party 167

loses seats in 1940 election 161

opposes currency devaluation 212

opposes Menzies as UAP leader 78–9

re-enters coalition with UAP 77, 79–80

remains in coalition with Nationalist majority 71

rise of during Watt administration 40

trade policies under Page 68–9

undermines Hughes 50

Court, Charles, supports mining industry 263

Court, Richard 375

Cowper Federal electorate, Page elected for 57, 76

Cramer, John 254

‘crawling peg’ currency valuation 304

Crean, Frank

as deputy leader under Whitlam 223

as Treasurer 189–90, 208–9, 225, 236–7, 247, 272

runs for ALP leadership 201, 244

swaps portfolios with Cairns 209

Crean, Simon 327, 333, 395–6

Crosland, Tony 196

Crown Remedies Act 1874 (Qld) 95

Crown Solicitor’s Office, fails to pursue tax evasion 274

Curran scheme for tax avoidance 272–3

currency valuation see also financial deregulation policies

Country Party opposed to rate changes 212

floating rate protects Australian economy 367

government control over 277, 280–1

under Fadden 170–1

under Keating 304

under Whitlam 214

current account deficit issues 311

Curtin, John

appoints Theodore to head AWC 108

as opposition leader 117

as Prime Minister 120–30, 166–7

elected to Federal Parliament 72, 114

Fadden’s relations with 154

fails in ministerial election 115

illness and death 111–12, 129–30

on Menzies’ absence in UK 163

orders troops back to Australia 80

promotes war bond sales 125

relies on Chifley’s support 150

supports Page’s role in UK War Cabinet 80

Watt defeats in Balaclava 36

Curtin Labor government 120–30, 166–7 see also Chifley

Dalley Federal electorate 88, 107

Daly, Fred 197, 201, 298

Daly, John 104

Danby, Michael 350

Darley, Frederick 14

Darling Downs Federal electorate, Fadden wins for Country Party 158

Darling, Elaine 395

Darwin, bombed by Japanese 123

Dawkins, John

as Treasurer under Keating 338

asks Hawke to resign for Keating 336

attempts to lower deficit 310

Keating’s relations with 329

opposes consumption tax 326

Day, David 112, 143

De La Salle College, Bankstown 295

Deakin, Alfred

as Cabinet minister 17

as Prime Minister 21–3

at Constitutional convention 11–12

criticises Reid government 24

in Victorian cabinet 6

industrial relations policies 21

on Turner 2–4, 9

opposes Lyne as first PM 14–16

Watt’s admiration for 31

Deane, William 253

decimal currency, Turner rejects proposal for 22

Dedman, John 129

deferred loans scheme 165, 167

Democratic Labor Party 183

Denman Chambers 253

deregulation see financial deregulation policies

‘dirty float’ of dollar 280–1

Ditchburn, David 215

Dixon, Daryl 241

Dolan, Cliff, contribution to Accord 333

dollar, floating of see currency valuation

Dollar Sweets industrial dispute 351–2

Douglas, Clifford 117

Douglas, Jane 30

Douglas social credit movement 117

Downer, Alexander 289, 353, 354

Drummoyne state electorate, Howard fails to win for Liberals 253–4

Earlwood Public School 253

Economic Consequences of Mr Churchill 64

economic crises

Asian crisis 346–7, 364–8

boom and bust years 169

Global Financial Crisis 399–417, 427–8

Great Depression 77, 85–6, 89–91

HIH Insurance crash 382

post-boom recession 322–3

prior to Whitlam election 211–12

under Fraser 262

under Hawke 309, 318–19

under Keating 305

under Turner 21

under Whitlam 208–9, 213–14, 235–6

economic statements see Budgets and economic statements

Economics Committee of Cabinet 306

‘Education Revolution’ 412

Edwards, Harry 254

Edwards, John 4, 308–9, 319, 326–8

Eggleton, Tony 259

Einfeld, Marcus 253

electoral reform 33, 35, 60

Ellicot, Bob 255

Ellis, Ulrich 67

Elmslie, George 33

Errol Street State School, North Melbourne 30

Eslake, Saul 413

Essendon State electorate, Watt elected to State parliament by 32

European Union 257, 377, 379

Evangelical Union, Monash University 349

Evans, Gareth, supports consumption tax 326

Evans, Ted 305, 356–7, 367

Evatt, Herbert Vere 131, 145, 147, 175–6

exchange rates see currency valuation

Expenditure Review Committees 228, 238–9

Factories and Shops Amendment Act 1896 (Vic) 8

Fadden, Arthur William (Artie) 151–86, 151

appoints economist as Treasury Secretary 19

as acting PM 162–3

as Country Party leader 79, 161

as opposition leader 166–7

as PM after Menzies resigns 80, 120, 154, 164

as Treasurer under Menzies 55, 162–4, 168–77

attempts to transfer income tax powers to Commonwealth 124

avoids fatal plane flight 160

contributes to establishment of RBA 177–82

death of 184

early life 155

elected to Federal parliament 158–61

elected to Queensland parliament 156–7

evaluation of 185–6

post-Treasury career 183

resigns as Country Party leader 183

resigns from parliamentary Country Party 79, 159

retires from politics 183

Fadden family 155–6

Fairbairn, James 160

Family Tax Benefit 358, 362, 401, 407

Federal elections

1922: Nationalists lose seats 59

1925: Bruce and Page retain power 70

1928: Coalition loses seats 72

1929: Scullin Labor elected 75–6, 89

1931: UAP gains power under Lyons 77, 115

1934: UAP loses seats and seeks coalition 77

1940: Menzies UAP loses majority 120, 160–1

1943: Curtin returned 167

1946: Chifley returned with reduced majority 133, 167–8

1946: referenda coinciding with 137

1949: Menzies wins for UAP 144–5, 167–8

1951: Coalition majority in both houses 147, 173, 178

1955: Menzies loses Senate majority 183

1956: Page loses seat while critically ill 81

1963: Howard manages Hughes campaign 253

1969: Keating campaigns for Blaxland 298

1972: Whitlam wins for ALP 204, 232

1974: ALP loses one seat 233

1974: Cairns’s ambitions following 206–7

1975: Hayden retains seat despite landslide 244, 261

1977: Fraser wins for Coalition 244–5, 259–62

1980: Fraser returned with reduced majority 245, 265–6

1983: Hawke wins for ALP 270–1, 301–2

1984: Hawke majority reduced 287, 310–11

1987: Hawke majority increased 288, 316, 318, 329–30

1990: Hawke retains power 322

1993: Keating wins for ALP 336, 340

1996: Howard wins for Coalition 340, 354

1998: Howard majority