Cabinet Papers from the Hawke government’s second and third terms of 1986-87 have been released by the National Archives.
Former Senator Gareth Evans, a Cabinet minister of the time, described the Hawke government, then in its fourth and fifth years, as a “government pretty much at the top of its form”. [Read more…]
The National Archives has released Cabinet papers from the 1984-85 Hawke Labor government.
Because the Archives is transitioning from the old 30-year embargo rule to 20 years, two years worth of papers have been released.
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Dr. Jim Stokes, the National Archives historical consultant, outlined the political climate of the time, whilst a former Hawke minister, Susan Ryan, provided a personal recollection of 1984-85. Transcripts of their talks are provided below. [Read more…]
Cabinet papers from 1982, the final full year of the Fraser coalition government, and 1983, the first year of the Hawke Labor government, have been released.
The papers were formerly released under the thirty-year rule, but this has been reduced to twenty years. Until 2020, two years of Cabinet documents will be released each year. [Read more…]
The 1980 Cabinet Papers of the Fraser Government have been released by the National Archives of Australia.
The Liberal/National Party coalition government was in its fifth year in office. It won its third and final election on October 18.
The Cabinet papers are released under the 30-year-rule. This has now been reduced to 20 years, to be phased in over the next ten years with two years of documents to be released each year. Because of the workload involved in the releases, Cabinet documents from 1981 will be released periodically during 2011. [Read more…]