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(1994) Greiner: Answer to Lib Prayer?

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1994

A light is dimming in Tony Staley’s mind that an outsider may be the best bet for the Federal Liberal Party leadership. This must now be reckoned a serious option even if the chances of its realisation seem remote.

(1994) Libs Should Keep Looking for a Saviour

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1994

The messiah complex in the Liberal Party has received a battering recently. The idea that an awesome, gifted leader – such as Menzies – is all that is required to return the Opposition to power is commonly referred to as part of the problem. But maybe the issue of leadership is worth another look.

(1994) Costello the Key to Liberals’ Future

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1994

Last week another dim moment occurred in the career of Alexander Downer. He spoke. This time at a Liberal fundraiser in Sydney. It was not just the ponderous speech that intrigued the audience. It was the company at the podium.

Cartoon published with the article in The Australian, 11 March 1993, p. 10.

(1993) Hope of Deliverance is More than Just Mindless Optimism

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1993

In an important sense no one knows the future or can abruptly predict where we will be in a decade. Ten years ago some of us were predicting that unemployment would continue to rise and, with technological changes, asked where would the new jobs come from?

The 1993 Federal Budget, its broken promises and taxes on untaken long-service leave, etc. led me to criticise the Keating government. The above is one of various stories contrasting my position with Mary’s, then the Member for Lowe in the Keating government. Gabrielle Chan, Eassons Labour Under Political Flack, The Weekend Australian, 4-5 September 1993, p. 1.

(1993) Jobs Have to be the Main Issue

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1993

The Treasurer knew that last night’s Budget would be judged against three criteria: jobs, jobs, jobs. So what’s the scorecard? Clearly the economic and employment optimism that colored One Nation is now replaced by a more subdued outlook.

(1993) Labor Unity Statement of Principles

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1993

In defining the industrial and political ethos that Labor Unity represents, there is the danger of being too prescriptive, too ideological and too certain about details.

The article as published in the Canberra Times, August 18, 1993, p. 8.

(1993) Jobs the Criteria for Judgment. Optimism Replaced by More Subdued Estimate of Future

Political historyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 8, 1993

The Treasurer knew that last night’s Budget would be judged against three criteria: jobs, jobs, jobs. So what’s the scorecard?

There would also have been a cover letter; but this is the first page of the submission.

(1993) Maximising Employment in the 1990s

Reports to governmentBy Jen CalderonAugust 24, 1993

This was a January 1993 submission by the Labor Council of NSW to the Keating government in follow up to the Prime Minister’s One Nation policy statement of the year before and in response to an invitation to submit “fresh ideas” on employment at the start of 1993.

The article as it originally appeared: (1/6)

(1993) The Petshop Galah and the Wise Owl: Micro-economic Reform and Australian Labor

Superannuation and investment policyBy Jen CalderonAugust 24, 1993

Speech given in December 1993 to the Second Annual Micro-Economic Reform Conference, sponsored by the Business Council of Australia, published in the Business Council Bulletin, January/February 1994, pp. 32-37.

The publication in which the article appeared.

(1992) What’s Happening with Business Migration? or How to Strangle the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

Immigration policyBy Jen CalderonSeptember 11, 1992

On the basis of some newspaper reports in the middle of last year, one could easily gain the impression that a large number of business migrants coming to Australia were criminals and that many were characters of suspect behaviour.

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