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Editor's note
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As you perhaps take a little longer to get out of bed this morning, cast your mind back to the heady days of the Keating government in 1994-95, about which we now know much more thanks to the release today of cabinet papers from the time by the National Archives of Australia.
With the Keating government on a trajectory that would ultimately see it ousted at the 1996 election, the cabinet papers reveal it beginning to craft its legacy, through, as Nick Brown writes, big ambitions like Working Nation and big symbols like the republic.
Overseas, Keating built a strong relationship with a near neighbour, Indonesia – one that still resonates today.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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The 1994 Employment Minister Simon Crean even had to be briefed by officials on the content of the policy when Working Nation was released.
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John Wanna, Australian National University
Cabinet papers released today by the National Archives show Working Nation began as a rational exercise but was soon overtaken by a desire to make the policy everything to everyone.
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Politics + Society
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Nicholas Brown, Australian National University
After 1993, Paul Keating became ever-more dominant in cabinet policy discussions to ensure a legacy for the Labor government.
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Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University
The arguments about a potential Australian republic in cabinet submissions suggest a failure of imagination and, more seriously, of trust.
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Hangga Fathana, Universitas Islam Indonesia
It was Paul Keating himself who first raised the idea of a security agreement between Indonesia and Australia in June 1994 to Indonesian President Soeharto.
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Environment + Energy
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Marc Hudson, University of Manchester
Paul Keating's government, faced with the prospect of international action on climate change, took steps to preserve the coal industry - a tactic that has been rebooted many times since.
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Science + Technology
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland; Tanya Hill, Museums Victoria
Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2018. Where to look and when in both the northern and southern skies to catch nature's fireworks.
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Arts + Culture
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Caillan Davenport, Macquarie University
On January 1, we consider the origins of Janus, after whom this month is named.
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Health + Medicine
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Hassan Vally, La Trobe University
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