The Gorton government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Gorton. It was made up of members of a Liberal-Country...
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Liberal Party of Australia (section Gorton government)
universal health care). Gorton's government kept Australia in the Vietnam War but stopped replacing troops at the end of 1970. Gorton maintained good relations...
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Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician, farmer and airman who served as the 19th prime minister of Australia...
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Lenox Hewitt (section Gorton government)
Prime Minister's Department during the Gorton government (1968–1971). He worked closely with Prime Minister John Gorton, although his initial appointment in...
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William McMahon (section Under Gorton)
Party. The new prime minister was John Gorton. McMahon initially continued on as Treasurer in the Gorton government, but in 1969 was demoted to Minister...
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Manchester, England Gorton North, government ward in the Gorton area Gorton South, government ward in the Gorton area Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)...
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Les Bury (section Gorton government)
eliminated and Gorton went on to defeat Hasluck in the final ballot. Bury remained Minister for Labour and National Service in the first Gorton ministry. With...
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commitment to the Vietnam War was a prominent issue during the term of the Gorton government; funding for the arts was expanded, rates of pay were standardised...
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John McEwen (section Gorton government and final years)
needed] Gorton created the formal title deputy prime minister for McEwen, confirming his status as the second-ranking member of the government. Prior to...
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member of the Liberal Party, he served as Attorney-General in the Gorton government from 1969 to 1971, and was a member of the House of Representatives...
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government's imposition of conscription. The withdrawal of Australia's forces from South Vietnam began in November 1970, under the Gorton Government,...
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Samuel Gorton (1593–1677) was an early settler and civic leader of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and President of the towns of...
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Manchester Gorton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was the safest Labour seat in Greater Manchester by numerical...
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The Second Gorton ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 45th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 19th Prime Minister...
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Australian Capital Territory (section Self-government)
of the unimproved value of the underlying land in rent until the Gorton government abolished it in 1970. In 1911, an international competition to design...
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newspaper articles in the 'Sunday Australian' written by John Groton; see Gorton government "I Did It My Way", a phrase on the tombstone of journalist Freeman...
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the government became embroiled in another embarrassing controversy over the alleged misuse of VIP aircraft, which came to a head when John Gorton (Government...
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Gorton and Abbey Hey is an electoral ward of Manchester, England created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the previous...
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September 2021. "Senators backed Hanson's 'OK to be white' motion by mistake: Government". www.abc.net.au. 15 October 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June...
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with 99-year leases. The rent on the leases was abolished by the Gorton government in 1970, with the leasehold system now "almost identical in operation"...
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Australian Industry Development Corporation (category Former Commonwealth Government-owned companies of Australia)
enterprise fully owned by the Australian Government for most of its existence. It was established by the Gorton government in 1971 as a pet project of deputy...
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nuclear power and nuclear industries in Australia since the 1950s. The Gorton government began work to construct the Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant in the...
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The First Gorton ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 44th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 19th Prime Minister...
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surf beach in December 1967 and was replaced by John Gorton (1968–1971). The Gorton government began winding down Australia's commitment to Vietnam,...
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2017 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced that Abbey Hey would form part of a new electoral ward named Gorton and Abbey Hey for...
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National Service, Member for Wentworth John Gorton, Minister for Education and Science and Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator for Victoria Paul...
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Lowe; Minister in the Menzies Government (1949–66), Holt government (1966–67), McEwen government (1967–68) and Gorton government (1968–1971); 20th Prime Minister...
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Barnard as deputy leader. Labor reduced the Gorton government's majority and came within 4 seats of government in the 1969 election. Whitlam then led the...
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Ian Sinclair (section Government minister)
part of the Menzies Government. Over the following six years, he held various portfolios under Harold Holt, John McEwen, John Gorton and William McMahon...
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Goods and services tax (Australia) (category Howard government)
lacking in bipartisan support. Les Bury, federal treasurer in the Gorton government from 1969 to 1971, was an early supporter of a broad-based national...
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