Published: December 31, 2018
The 1996-97 papers cover John Howard’s first two years as PM, with resonance for issues Scott Morrison confronts today
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Was the Howard government a liberal or a conservative one? Did it govern to reinforce personal freedoms and reduce government intervention or was it determined to return Australia to an era of social conservatism?
That was the question posed by the official historian, Paul Strangio, from Monash University, at the launch of the 1996 and 1997 cabinet papers, released by the National Archives of Australia on Tuesday. They cover the first two years of John Howard’s government.
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