Author(s): Sally Bullen & Michael Pyne

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From Hawke to the New Century traces the history of Australia from 1989 up to the end of the 1990s. Read about the changes in government policy brought about by Bob Hawke's Labor government in the 1980s, further changes prompted by a swap in leadership from Bob Hawke to Paul Keating and how Australia changed during the Howard years, from 1996 up to the end of the 1990s. Find out about the growth of the Australian film and music industries, how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were able to start making Native Title land claims and the internet revolution.

This book is classified as Reading Level 29 / Fountas and Pinnell Level T. Visit our Levelled readers page for further information on reading levels.