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Early lifeMember for Bennelong (1974–2007)Minister for Business and Consumer AffairsMinister for Special Trade NegotiationsTreasurer of AustraliaEarly 1980s recession1983 Liberal Party leadership election1985 Liberal Party leadership spillJoh for Canberra debacle1987 Liberal Party leadership spillOne Australia1989 Liberal Party leadership spillShadow Minister for Industrial Relations1993 Liberal Party leadership spill1995 Liberal Party leadership spillPrime Minister of AustraliaTerm of government (1996–2007)Gun controlWorkplace Relations Act 19961996 Parliament House riotWik Peoples v QueenslandWaterfront disputeNative Title Amendment Act 1998Work for the Dole scheme1998 Australian Constitutional ConventionRepublic referendumAustralian intervention in East TimorGST and taxationTampa affairThe Pacific SolutionAustralian involvement in the War in AfghanistanAustralian involvement in the Iraq WarMarriage Amendment Act 2004WorkChoicesNorthern Territory interventionMinistriesFirst ministrySecond ministryThird ministryFourth ministryElections198719961998200120042007Lazarus RisingThe Pacific Solution is the name given to the government of Australia's policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland.

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