AAP General News (Australia)
01-01-2011
FED:How 1980 marked a turning point to reform
EDS: EMBARGOED TILL 0001 JANUARY 1, 2011, AEDT
By Max Blenkin
CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Australians went to the polls in October 1980, electing a prominent
union leader as a new Labor MP and giving Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and Opposition
Leader Bill Hayden big surprises.
The surprise for Fraser was that he nearly lost, while Hayden performed far better
than even those on his own side expected.
The new Labor MP was, of course, Bob Hawke who would lead Labor to victory next time round.
Cabinet papers from 1980 - …
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