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Keating's Working Nation plan for jobs was hijacked by bureaucracy: cabinet papers 1994-95

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

The White Paper called Working Nation became the Labor government’s major economic statement in Paul Keating’s second term. However, the policy was principally an after-the-fact attempt to clean up a mess in the labour market and be seen to be doing something even if a little belatedly.

Cabinet papers released today by the National...

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