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by the convention.M Although new Indonesian President B.J. Habibie had some months earlier agreed to grant special autonomy to Indonesian-occupied East Timor, his subsequent snap decision for a referendum on the territory's independence triggered a Howard and Downer orchestrated shift in Australian polic

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ions reforms. Under his governance, Australia also contributed troops to the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, and led. the latational Force fig East Timor. The Howard government was defeated at theVizoo7 federal election, with the Labor Party's Kevin Rudd succeeding him as prime minister. Howard also

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ward was elected as a member of parliament (MP) tor the division of Bennekirgi . He was promoted to cabinet in 1977, and later in the year replaced Phillip Lynch as treasurer of _ Australia, remaining in that position until the defeat of Malcolm Fraser's government at the 1983 election. In 1985, Howard was