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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    1950s. The Gorton government moved to establish the Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant in the late 1960s, but plans were abandoned after John Gorton was replaced...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • Australian government under John Gorton (1968–1969) Second Gorton Ministry, the Australian government under John Gorton (1969–1971) McMahon government, one...
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    Gorton South is a defunct Local Government ward in the Gorton area of the City of Manchester. The population of Gorton South ward at the 2011 census was...
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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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    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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    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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    (the "Nimmo Enquiry") recommended a new national health scheme. The Gorton government under Health Minister, Dr Jim Forbes, provided free private health...
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    Gorton North is a defunct local government ward in the Gorton area of the City of Manchester. The population of Gorton North ward at the 2011 census was...
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