Word: whitlam
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Politics of the Westem Pacific-- Hon. E.G. Whitlam, Q.C., former Prime Minister of Australia, Rm. 18, 25 Divinity...
Western Pacific Trade--Hon. E.G. Whitlam, Q.C., former Prime Minister of Australia, Rm. 18, 2 Divinity...
...Australia, a country that Charles has loved since his six months there as a student. The post has been a touchy one ever since Governor General Sir John Kerr, in order to break a parliamentary deadlock in 1975, used long dormant powers to sack Conservative Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and call for new elections. Kerr last year resigned, turning the job over to the Australian-born academic Sir Zelman Cowen. But after Cowen has had another four or five years in office, says a source close to Buckingham Palace, the Queen would like to appoint Charles to the position...
There was an abundance of all three in the closely fought campaign. The primary issues were unemployment, which last week reached a 45-year high of 5.8%, and inflation, which ballooned to 16.9% annually during Whitlam's prime ministership and still grinds on at the painful rate of 9%. Most economists expect increases in the cost of living to keep moderating somewhat, but they forecast still higher unemployment next year. Fraser evidently agreed with those general estimates; most political observers conclude that he called the election a year early to avoid having to go to the voters in somewhat...
...Whitlam promised to combat joblessness with a $550 million public spending program of capital-works projects, local job training and an employer subsidy for each new worker hired before March 1. Fraser relied heavily for voter appeal on an income tax cut scheduled to take effect in February; in the last days of campaigning, he even set up a nationwide "dial-your-tax-cut" gimmick that enabled telephone callers to inquire about their individual bonanzas. As for unemployment, Fraser called Whitlam's political spending plan inflationary, insisting the Liberals had "the real answer": programs aimed at stimulating private investment...