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As Industry minister from 1983 until he retired from Parliament in 1993, Button was the longest-serving minister in a single portfolio of the Hawke-Keating governments. [1]
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John Norman Button (30 June 1933 – 8 April 2008) was an Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments. He was notable for the Button car plan, which involved downsizing and eventually ending Australia's car industry by reducing tariffs and government protection. [1] Early life.
Jun 1, 2024 · John Button brought his parliamentary career to a close in 1993 – nine months after the High Court’s Mabo decision not only challenged a legal doctrine on which our country’s terms of settlement had been based, but prodded a national obligation to understand and acknowledge our history.
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Apr 15, 2008 · But Mr Button's life beyond the politics he entered when he joined the Labor Party in 1952, serving as federal senator from 1974 to 1993 and as industry minister for a decade, also featured heavily.
May 7, 2008 · John Button, 1933–2008 | The Monthly. It was exciting growing up around Dad. He brought the heady outside world into our house. The phone was always ringing; visitors were knocking on the door and being ushered into Dad's study, which was the classic smoke-filled room.
Apr 15, 2008 · Later able, as Senate Leader, to choose any ministry he wanted - Attorney-General for instance - he stuck with Industry, his favourite, his baby, his cause, for ten long, fruitful, thrilling years.
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Former Federal Senator and Government Minister, John Button was the son of the Rev Dr N Button and attended the Geelong College as a boarder from 1946 to 1950. He had previously attended Ballarat College. In 1946, he won the H V McKay Scholarship awarded by the College for 1947.
