Dont know what Gough did or why he is so highly respected? In no particular order.. - Established Medibank/Medicare - Ended the death penalty for federal crimes - Invested in social housing, sewage systems, public transport - Increased school funding - Abolished Uni fees - Returned land to the Gurindji people. - Granted independence to PNG - Established diplomatic relations with China - Increased foreign aid. - Pulled the last of the troops out of Vietnam - Introduced multiculturalism as an official policy and put the last nails in the coffin of the White Australia policy. - Advocated against apartheid and atmospheric nuclear testing - Introduced no-fault divorce laws, the family court and the single mothers benefit - passed the trade practices act - Stopped the QLD libs from drilling for oil in the barrier reef - Established the Australian Heritage Commission, the Australian Council for the Arts, the National Gallery of Australia. - Kick started the Australian film and television industry (and started triple J) - Passed the racial discrimination act. - Equal pay for equal work for women and Aboriginal people. 1972. - Lowered the voting age to 18 - Ended Gerrymandering - Established the Law Reform Commission and the Legal Aid Office - Allowed people from the ACT and NT to vote for the senate for the first time. - Ended conscription and freed draft dodgers. - And gave us our current national anthem. He had his faults, but his government did more for this country in his three short years than all the Australian governments since. (Source: reddit)
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 02:03:14 +0000
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