Epstein Secrets

mately finished with a fairly comfortable 56 percent of the two-party preferred vote in] Second term, 1998-2001 Howard and US Secretary of Defense William Cohen in 1997 In 1998, Howard convened a Constitutional Convention which decided in principle that Australia should become a Republic. At the convention

islate limitations on its possible implications through the so-called Ten-Point Plan. From 1997, Howard spearheaded the Coalition push to introduce a Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the subsequent election. Before winning the prime ministership, Howard said that he considered the Coalition's defeat in 1993 to be a rejectio

ne early in the Government's second termiCh:1998 election was dubbed a "referendum on the GST', and the tax changes—including the GST—were Defense William Cohen in 1997 implemented in the government's second term after amendments to the legislation were negotiated with the Australian Democrats to ensure its

islate limitations on its possible implications through the so-called Ten-Point Plan. From 1947, Howard spearheaded the Coalition push to introduce a Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the subsequent election. Before winning the prime ministership, Howard said that he considered the Coalition's defeat in 1993 to be a rejectio