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The environment as an issue
The 2001 Australian Federal election

The environment as an issue
• The 2001 Australian Federal election campaign
• Voters and the Australian environment?
• Election 2001 - Was the environment an issue?
• What happened in Morocco in November 2001?
• Did global and local environmental issues get equal coverage?
• How did the Federal Government use the National Heritage Trust Fund?
• Did the pitch to the green vote have any drawbacks for the ALP?
• Was the Queensland Labor Government out of step on the issue of water quality?
• Was the Queensland Labor Government penalised for being environmentally irresponsible?
• Did the Coalition Government's environment platform differ from the ALP?
• What were the positions of the major parties on the question of salinity?
• Who said what during the 2001 campaign?
• The environment platform of the Australian Democrats?
• Did the Greens Party concentrate only on environmental issues?
• How significant were environmental issues in earlier Federal election campaigns?

The Water Issue – Federal Election 2001

• What did the price of water have to do with the election?
• Why did John Anderson (NPA) worry about water?
• What did the Coalition say about this issue?
• Was this a good policy?
• In the future, would voters, particularly city voters, complain if they were asked to pay compensation to irrigators?

Major Political Parties Environmental Policies - 1996 & 2001

• The Coalition's Environment Policy - Federal Election 2001
• The Coalition's Environment Policy - Federal Election 1996
• The Australian Labor Party Environment Policy - Federal Election 2001
• The Australian Labor Party Environment Policy - Federal Election 1996
• The Australian Democrats Environment Policy - Federal Election 2001
• The Australian Democrats Environment Policy - Federal Election 1996

Sources of Information

• Newspaper articles on the 2001 Australian Federal election campaign
• Useful web sites

Activities

• Activities for environmental politics

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