Previously secret cabinet documents from 2005 released

Radio National Breakfast
01/01/2026 11 min
Previously secret cabinet documents from 2005 released

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Today we learn a little more about what John Howard's government faced in 2005 ... with the annual release of hundreds of cabinet documents by the National Archives.They show a government spooked by terrorism in Bali and London ... and troubled by racial disharmony that boiled over on Cronulla Beach in Sydney.Guest: Philip Ruddock, Attorney-General in 2005, and a senior member of the Howard cabinetProducer: Jason Whittaker

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