The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 5The postwar period has seen radical changes in Australia. Increased dependence on the United States, an influx of European and Asian immigrants, and a series of economic booms and recessions have confronted Australians with the challenge of surviving as an offshoot of European civilization in a largely Asian region and securing a prosperous future with declining support from European markets and investment. This final volume in the Oxford History of Australia details this volatile period, showing that while some Australians have resisted the pressures for change, most have adapted resourcefully and intelligently to the task of creating a new nation able to survive into the 21st century. |
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... ( ACTU ) at its congress in 1945 put its weight behind three major industrial demands : a substantial increase in the basic wage , an end to wage - pegging , and a 40 - hour week . The ACTU also wanted to abolish the Arbitration Court ...
... ( ACTU ) at its congress in 1945 put its weight behind three major industrial demands : a substantial increase in the basic wage , an end to wage - pegging , and a 40 - hour week . The ACTU also wanted to abolish the Arbitration Court ...
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... ACTU won most of its demands , though more slowly than its members hoped , and the Chifley government's ... ACTU pressed its demands . The 40 - hour case came before the Arbitration Court in May 1946 and turned into a ' lawyers ' feast ...
... ACTU won most of its demands , though more slowly than its members hoped , and the Chifley government's ... ACTU pressed its demands . The 40 - hour case came before the Arbitration Court in May 1946 and turned into a ' lawyers ' feast ...
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... ACTU , Longman Cheshire , Melbourne , 1981 , pp . 118-19 and 189 ; T. Sheridan , ' Planners and the Australian Labour Market ' , LH , 53 ( 1987 ) , pp . 99–113 . 3 Hagan , History of the ACTU , p . 191 , quoting Albert Monk . 4 C ...
... ACTU , Longman Cheshire , Melbourne , 1981 , pp . 118-19 and 189 ; T. Sheridan , ' Planners and the Australian Labour Market ' , LH , 53 ( 1987 ) , pp . 99–113 . 3 Hagan , History of the ACTU , p . 191 , quoting Albert Monk . 4 C ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
Pragmatism Ascendant | 59 |
Getting and Spending | 89 |
Copyright | |
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