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Political forum will discuss Gillard Government 'one year on'

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Monday, 12 September 2011

A free public forum will be held at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide tomorrow (Tuesday 13 September) to discuss the performance of the Gillard Government one year after taking office in a hung parliament.

Former Howard Government Minister and leading ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide academics will explore the pros and cons of the minority government, asking how well it has worked for ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ since the federal election in August 2010.

Leading political commentators and from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's will join Amanda Vanstone, a former Immigration Minister in the Howard Government, for the hour-long public forum. It will be facilitated by .

Amanda Vanstone was a Liberal Senator for South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she served as the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Ambassador to Italy until July 2010.

Professor Carol Johnson specialises in federal ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n politics and is the author of two books − The Labor Legacy: Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, Hawke (1989) and Governing Change: From Keating to Howard (2000 and a second edition in 2007).

Dr Wayne Errington co-authored with journalist the political best-selling John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography (2008) and has research and teaching interests in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n political parties and elections.

The forum will cover the following topics:

• the carbon tax policy;

• whether the ALP is alienating its 'traditional' core voters;

• will the balance of power make or break the Greens?;

• what would be the policy priorities of an Abbott-led Coalition government?

Members of the public are invited to bring their own questions for the panellists and join in the discussion. The forum is free but people must register to attend at or call Kate Reinfeld on 8303 3692.

WHAT: ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Politics: The Gillard Government one year on
WHERE: Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre, North Terrace Campus
WHEN: 5.30pm-6.30pm Tuesday 13 September 2011
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