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Index 1993 Australian federal election

The 1993 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 37th Parliament of Australia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 109 relations: Alan Griffin (politician), Alasdair Webster, Andrew Peacock, Attorney-General of Australia, Australian House of Representatives, Australian Labor Party, Australian Senate, Barry Cunningham (politician), Barry Wakelin, Birthday cake interview, Bob Catley (politician), Bob Chynoweth, Bob Hawke, Bob Horne, Bob Katter, Bob Woods (politician), Brian Courtice, Bruce Goodluck, Bulk billing, Candidates of the 1993 Australian federal election, Carolyn Jakobsen, Chris Gallus, Chronology of Australian federal parliaments, Coalition (Australia), Consumption tax, December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill, Dick Adams (Australian politician), Direct tax, Division of Adelaide, Division of Bass, Division of Blaxland, Division of Corinella (1990–1996), Division of Cowan, Division of Dickson, Division of Dunkley, Division of Franklin, Division of Gilmore, Division of Grey, Division of Hindmarsh, Division of Hinkler, Division of Kennedy, Division of Lowe, Division of Lyons, Division of Macquarie, Division of McEwen, Division of McMillan, Division of Paterson, Division of Stirling, Division of Wentworth, Early 1990s recession, ... Expand index (59 more) »

  2. 1993 elections in Australia
  3. Keating government
  4. March 1993 events in Australia

Alan Griffin (politician)

Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960) is a former Australian politician of the Australian Labor Party.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Alan Griffin (politician)

Alasdair Webster

Alasdair Paine Webster (born 12 February 1934) is an Australian former politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Alasdair Webster

Andrew Peacock

Andrew Sharp Peacock (13 February 193916 April 2021) was an Australian politician and diplomat.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Andrew Peacock

Attorney-General of Australia

The attorney-general of Australia (AG) is the minister of state and chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing federal legal affairs and public security as the head of the Attorney-General’s Department.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Attorney-General of Australia

Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Australian House of Representatives

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Australian Labor Party

Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Australian Senate

Barry Cunningham (politician)

Barry Thomas Cunningham (26 October 1939 – 12 September 2018) was an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Barry Cunningham (politician)

Barry Wakelin

Barry Hugh Wakelin (7 May 1946 – 19 December 2023) was an Australian politician, who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 until November 2007, representing the Division of Grey, South Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Barry Wakelin

Birthday cake interview

The birthday cake interview was a live interview on Australian television in March 1993 in which Liberal Party Opposition Leader John Hewson was unable to clearly explain to reporter Mike Willesee whether a birthday cake would cost more or less under his proposed tax reforms.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Birthday cake interview

Bob Catley (politician)

Robert Catley (born 1 September 1942) is a former Australian Labor politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bob Catley (politician)

Bob Chynoweth

Robert Leslie Chynoweth (born 7 June 1941) is an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bob Chynoweth

Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bob Hawke

Bob Horne

Robert Hodges Horne (born 18 December 1939) is a former Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bob Horne

Bob Katter

Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bob Katter

Bob Woods (politician)

Robert Leslie Woods (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian former politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bob Woods (politician)

Brian Courtice

Brian William Courtice (born 17 April 1950) is a former Australian politician and trade unionist.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Brian Courtice

Bruce Goodluck

Bruce John Goodluck (14 May 1933 – 24 October 2016) was an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bruce Goodluck

Bulk billing

Bulk billing is a payment option under the Medicare system of universal health insurance in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Bulk billing

Candidates of the 1993 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1993 Australian federal election. 1993 Australian federal election and candidates of the 1993 Australian federal election are 1993 elections in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Candidates of the 1993 Australian federal election

Carolyn Jakobsen

Carolyn Anne Jakobsen (born 11 September 1947) is a former Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Carolyn Jakobsen

Chris Gallus

Christine Ann Gallus (born 6 April 1943) is an Australian former politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Chris Gallus

Chronology of Australian federal parliaments

The term of Australian parliaments is determined by the opening and dissolution (or expiration) of the House of Representatives. 1993 Australian federal election and Chronology of Australian federal parliaments are federal elections in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Chronology of Australian federal parliaments

Coalition (Australia)

The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as the Coalition or the LNP, is an alliance of centre-right to right-wing political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Coalition (Australia)

Consumption tax

A consumption tax is a tax levied on consumption spending on goods and services.

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December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

A leadership spill of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), the party of government in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 19 December 1991, the second spill in a year. 1993 Australian federal election and December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill are Keating government.

See 1993 Australian federal election and December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

Dick Adams (Australian politician)

Dick Godfrey Harry Adams (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Dick Adams (Australian politician)

Direct tax

Although the actual definitions vary between jurisdictions, in general, a direct tax or income tax is a tax imposed upon a person or property as distinct from a tax imposed upon a transaction, which is described as an indirect tax.

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Division of Adelaide

The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital.

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Division of Bass

The Division of Bass is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Blaxland

The Division of Blaxland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Blaxland

Division of Corinella (1990–1996)

The Division of Corinella was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Corinella (1990–1996)

Division of Cowan

The Division of Cowan is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.

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Division of Dickson

The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Dickson

Division of Dunkley

The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Dunkley

Division of Franklin

The Division of Franklin is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Gilmore

The Division of Gilmore is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Gilmore

Division of Grey

The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia.

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Division of Hindmarsh

The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the western suburbs of Adelaide.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Hindmarsh

Division of Hinkler

The Division of Hinkler is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Hinkler

Division of Kennedy

The Division of Kennedy is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Kennedy

Division of Lowe

The Division of Lowe was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Lowe

Division of Lyons

The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Lyons

Division of Macquarie

The Division of Macquarie is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Macquarie

Division of McEwen

The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of McEwen

Division of McMillan

The Division of McMillan was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of McMillan

Division of Paterson

The Division of Paterson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Paterson

Division of Stirling

The Division of Stirling was an Australian electoral division in the inner northern and beachside suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, which included a large portion of the local government area of the City of Stirling.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Stirling

Division of Wentworth

The Division of Wentworth is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Division of Wentworth

Early 1990s recession

The early 1990s recession describes the period of economic downturn affecting much of the Western world in the early 1990s.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Early 1990s recession

Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is a political and economic ideology that supports a market economy based on individualism and private property in the means of production.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Economic liberalism

Eoin Cameron

Eoin Harrap Cameron (4 January 1951 – 23 June 2016) was an Australian radio personality in Perth, Western Australia and member of the Australian House of Representatives.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Eoin Cameron

Fightback! (policy)

Fightback! was a 650-page economic policy package document proposed by John Hewson, federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1994.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Fightback! (policy)

Fran Bailey

Frances Esther Bailey (born 21 May 1946) is a former Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Fran Bailey

Frank Ford (Australian politician)

Frank Allen Ford (born 10 August 1936) is a former Australian businessman and politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Frank Ford (Australian politician)

Goods and services tax (Australia)

Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Australia is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sales, with some exemptions (such as for certain food, healthcare and housing items) and concessions (including qualifying long term accommodation which is taxed at an effective rate of 5.5%).

See 1993 Australian federal election and Goods and services tax (Australia)

Government spending

Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Government spending

Harry Quick

Harry Vernon Quick (born 28 June 1941, Melbourne), is an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Harry Quick

Income tax

An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income).

See 1993 Australian federal election and Income tax

Indirect tax

An indirect tax (such as a sales tax, per unit tax, value-added tax, excise tax, consumption tax, or tariff) is a tax that is levied upon goods and services before they reach the customer who ultimately pays the indirect tax as a part of market price of the good or service purchased.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Indirect tax

Industrial relations

Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor/trade unions, employer organizations, and the state.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Industrial relations

John Hewson

John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994.

See 1993 Australian federal election and John Hewson

John Howard

John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007.

See 1993 Australian federal election and John Howard

John Riggall

John Peter Riggall (born 10 May 1941) is a former Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and John Riggall

John Scott (Australian politician)

John Lyden Scott (born 31 March 1934) is an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and John Scott (Australian politician)

John Sharp (Australian politician)

John Randall Sharp (born 15 December 1954) is an Australian former politician who served as a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Gilmore from 1984 to 1993; and the Division of Hume from 1993 to 1998.

See 1993 Australian federal election and John Sharp (Australian politician)

Keynesian economics

Keynesian economics (sometimes Keynesianism, named after British economist John Maynard Keynes) are the various macroeconomic theories and models of how aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) strongly influences economic output and inflation.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Keynesian economics

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Liberal Party of Australia

Lloyd O'Neil (politician)

Lloyd Reginald Terrence O'Neil (born 24 June 1937) is an Australian former politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Lloyd O'Neil (politician)

Maggie Deahm

Margaret Joan Deahm (31 October 1938 – 28 December 2015) was an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Maggie Deahm

Mary Easson

Mary Louise Easson (née Alexander) (born 16 June 1955) is an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Mary Easson

Max Burr

Maxwell Arthur Burr, (born 9 January 1939) is an Australian retired politician.

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Medicare (Australia)

Medicare is the publicly funded universal health care insurance scheme in Australia operated by the nation's social security agency, Services Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Medicare (Australia)

Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1993–1996

This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, as elected at the 1993 federal election.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1993–1996

Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1996.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996

Michael Lavarch

Michael Hugh Lavarch AO (born 8 June 1961) is an Australian lawyer, educator and former politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Michael Lavarch

Modern award

A modern award (or award previously known as an "industrial award") is a ruling in Australian labour law of the national Fair Work Commission (or its predecessor) or by a state industrial relations commission which grants all wage earners in one industry or occupation the same minimum pay rates and conditions of employment such as leave entitlements, overtime and shift work, as well as other workplace-related conditions.

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National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is a centre-right, agrarian political party in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and National Party of Australia

Newspoll

Newspoll is an Australian opinion polling brand, published by The Australian and administered by Australian polling firm Pyxis Polling & Insights.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Newspoll

Opinion poll

An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll (although strictly a poll is an actual election), is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Opinion poll

Paul Keating

Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is an Australian former politician who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). 1993 Australian federal election and Paul Keating are Keating government.

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Paul Neville (politician)

Paul Christopher Neville (20 March 1940 – 1 January 2019) was an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to August 2013, representing the Division of Hinkler, Queensland.

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Payroll tax

Payroll taxes are taxes imposed on employers or employees, and are usually calculated as a percentage of the salaries that employers pay their employees.

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Percentage point

A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages.

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Peter Cleeland

Peter Robert Cleeland (31 May 193816 September 2007), Australian politician, was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the electorate of McEwen in Victoria between 1984 and 1990, and subsequently between 1993 and 1996.

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Peter Knott

Peter John Knott (8 August 1956 – 29 October 2015) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the Australian House of Representatives.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Prime Minister of Australia

Privatization

Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector.

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Richard Evans (Australian politician)

Richard David Conroy Evans (born 7 September 1953) is an Australian writer and a former federal politician, peak industry body executive, and business and leadership consultant.

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Rob Hulls

Rob Justin Hulls (born 23 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2012, representing the electorate of Niddrie.

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Ron Edwards (Australian politician)

Ronald Frederick Edwards (born 2 July 1945) is a retired Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Ron Edwards (Australian politician)

Russell Broadbent

Russell Evan Broadbent (born 25 December 1950) is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Monash (previously McMillan).

See 1993 Australian federal election and Russell Broadbent

Second Keating ministry

The second Keating ministry (Labor) was the 59th ministry of the Government of Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Second Keating ministry

Silvia Smith

Silvia Joy Smith (22 December 1939 – 6 March 2020) was an Australian politician.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Silvia Smith

Tax incidence

In economics, tax incidence or tax burden is the effect of a particular tax on the distribution of economic welfare.

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Tim Fischer

Timothy Andrew Fischer (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019) was an Australian politician and diplomat who served as leader of the National Party from 1990 to 1999.

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Tony Abbott

Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Tony Abbott

Trish Worth

Patricia Mary Worth (born 21 April 1946), Australian politician, is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to October 2004, representing the Division of Adelaide, South Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Trish Worth

Two-party-preferred vote

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP) is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents.

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Unemployment benefits

Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Unemployment benefits

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and University of New South Wales

Upset (competition)

An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win (the "favorite") is defeated by (or, in the case of sports, ties with) an underdog whom the majority expects to lose, defying the conventional wisdom.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Upset (competition)

Warwick Smith (politician)

Warwick Leslie Smith AO (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian politician, and was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from December 1984 to March 1993 and again from March 1996 to October 1998, representing the Division of Bass, Tasmania.

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Welfare

Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.

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Worm (marketing)

The "Worm" is a market research analysis tool developed by the Roy Morgan statistics company (known than as Roy Morgan Research, who called it "The Reactor"), with the purpose of gauging an audience's reaction to some visual stimuli over some time period.

See 1993 Australian federal election and Worm (marketing)

1966 Australian federal election

The 1966 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 26 November 1966. 1993 Australian federal election and 1966 Australian federal election are federal elections in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and 1966 Australian federal election

1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election

A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 3 April 1990, following the defeat of the Liberal Party at the federal election five days earlier.

See 1993 Australian federal election and 1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election

1993 Dickson supplementary election

The 1993 Dickson supplementary election was held on 17 April 1993 to elect the next member for Dickson in the Australian House of Representatives, following the death of a candidate during the 1993 federal election campaign. 1993 Australian federal election and 1993 Dickson supplementary election are 1993 elections in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and 1993 Dickson supplementary election

2007 Australian federal election

The 2007 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 November 2007. 1993 Australian federal election and 2007 Australian federal election are federal elections in Australia.

See 1993 Australian federal election and 2007 Australian federal election

See also

1993 elections in Australia

Keating government

March 1993 events in Australia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Australian_federal_election

Also known as 1993 Australian general election, Australian federal election, 1993, Australian general election, 1993, Australian legislative election, 1993.

, Economic liberalism, Eoin Cameron, Fightback! (policy), Fran Bailey, Frank Ford (Australian politician), Goods and services tax (Australia), Government spending, Harry Quick, Income tax, Indirect tax, Industrial relations, John Hewson, John Howard, John Riggall, John Scott (Australian politician), John Sharp (Australian politician), Keynesian economics, Liberal Party of Australia, Lloyd O'Neil (politician), Maggie Deahm, Mary Easson, Max Burr, Medicare (Australia), Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1993–1996, Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996, Michael Lavarch, Modern award, National Party of Australia, Newspoll, Opinion poll, Paul Keating, Paul Neville (politician), Payroll tax, Percentage point, Peter Cleeland, Peter Knott, Prime Minister of Australia, Privatization, Richard Evans (Australian politician), Rob Hulls, Ron Edwards (Australian politician), Russell Broadbent, Second Keating ministry, Silvia Smith, Tax incidence, Tim Fischer, Tony Abbott, Trish Worth, Two-party-preferred vote, Unemployment benefits, University of New South Wales, Upset (competition), Warwick Smith (politician), Welfare, Worm (marketing), 1966 Australian federal election, 1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1993 Dickson supplementary election, 2007 Australian federal election.