Modern History 3A

Question 1

Mezie’s goverment?

Answer 1

Liberal party 1949 to 1966.

ECONOMY AND TRADE:

• Fulfilled the promises to end rationing of butter, tea and petrol and provided a 5 shilling endowment for children born.
• Long boom was an extended period of economic growth and rising average income
• Low unemployement below 2%
• Rise of consumerism

SOCIAL
-Reds Under The Bed
~Growing fear internationally but domestically
~fear of inflitration in trade union movements
-Coal Strike 1949 showed influence com had
-Menzies promised to ban menance
~Huge rise in memebership peaked 1945

Question 2

ANSUZ treaty?

Answer 2

The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty, or ANZUS Treaty, was an agreement signed in 1951 to protect the security of the Pacific. Although the agreement has not been formally abrogated, the United States and New Zealand no longer maintain the security relationship between their countries.

Question 3

The Communist Party DissolutionBill

Answer 3

The Australian Communist Party Dissolution Bill 1950 (Cth) said the CPA was to be declared an unlawful organisation and that the party’s property could be seized and disposed of. Any other organisations that were suspected of being affiliated with the CPA were also to be dissolved. Anyone who carried on the work of the party after it was declared illegal was to be jailed for five years. In addition, as soon as someone was declared to be a communist, they were to be suspended from their job if it were in the federal government, the defence forces, or in the unions.
became law on 20 October 1950.
The High Court case began on 14 November 1950. It took four months for the court to make its decision that the Communist Party Dissolution Act 1950 (the Act) was unconstitutional.
In order to overcome the constitutional hurdle put up by the High Court, Menzies needed to hold a referendum to change the constitution. The 1951 Australian Referendum was held on 22 September 1951. It contained only one question:
‘Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled “Constitution Alteration (Powers to deal with Communists and Communism) 1951”?’
-lost by a margin of 1%

Question 4

Positive of Whitlams government?

Answer 4

1972-1975
He ended participation in the Vietnam war, ended policies that racial restriction on immigration and worked to restore land right of indigenous australians 
WOMAN:
-equal pay
-instituted no fault divorce
-Established family court in AUS
-Single mothers benefits
ECONOMY:
-cut tariffs 
-created industrial assistance 
-passed trade practices act that outlawed anti-competitive behaviours 
DEMOCRACY:
-Passed the racial discrimination act
-lowered voting age
-ended conscription and freed draft
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS:
-Returned land to gurindji people 
-Created abo land fund and abo land commisions 
-drafted land rights
 EDUCATION:
-established the Australian schools commission and increased school funding
- abolished university tuition fees 
HEALTH CARE:
-introduction of universal health care system (Medibank)
-goal was to provide adequate healthcare to all citizens regardless of Financial needs

Question 5

Explain the constitutional crisis?

Answer 5

Labour came to power with a majority in the HOR, but not in the senate.
In October 1975, the liberal government and national parties used the power in the senate to threaten to stop the supply of money for day to day government operations. They had hoped to force Whitlam to resign for new elections.
Whitlam refused to resign, and the opposing party refused to supply money flow so the govern general John Kerr resolved crisis by removing Whitlam and putting the liberal leader in charge Malcolm Fraser

Question 6

Problems that faced the Fraser government?

Answer 6

In power from 1975 to 1983

Same problems that damaged the Whitlam government, high unemployment, high inflation, and slow economic growth.

Question 7

Economic problems caused by Whitlam?

Answer 7

Cut tarrifs as he believed it would increase Australia efficiency and would increase competition

Passed the Trade Practices Act
The Trade Practices Act sought to promote competition in the Australian economy by outlawing anti-competitive activities such as price-fixing, collusion, monopolisation, and anti-competitive mergers

Common wealth budget exploaded, due to big spending reforms.

Inflation