Australian Political History Quiz

A quiz about Australian political history, featuring iconic leaders and budget discussions, with symbols of finance and democracy in a creative design.

Australian Political History Quiz

Test your knowledge of Australian political history with this engaging quiz! From budget policies to significant events involving prime ministers, challenge yourself and see how well you know the nation's financial and political landscape.

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- Interesting historical facts
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In 1932, following the great depression, the Federal parliament passed the Financial Agreement Enforcement Act, forcing state governments pay off debt and to cut government spending. Rather than producing a Budget that did not align with his principles, Socialist NSW Premier Jack Lang did WHAT as a result?

Withdrew all the state's funds from government bank accounts so that the federal government could not gain access to the money

Passed a law to close the banks to stop the federal government being able to spend money in NSW

Resigned in protest to call an election

Sailed to the UK to ask the queen to intervene

Paul Keating famously said following his budget speech that “this is the one that brings home the bacon”. What was that policy?

Investment in university education

Tax cuts

Farming reforms

The Budget as a whole

Peter Costello famously said that families should have three children - “one for mum, one for dad and one for the country” – when introducing the baby bonus scheme. If two patriotic Australians took his advice that day, presuming a pregnancy of exactly 9 months, how old would their child be now?

Gough Whitlam was dismissed by the Governor General because he was not able to secure supply for his government through the upper house. What year was this?

1975

1976

1977

1978

As opposition leader, John Curtin managed to get the Budget rejected in 1941 so that he could be installed as Prime Minister. How did he manage to do this?

Managed to get parliament to pass a motion to decrease the budget by a pound

Managed to get parliament to pass a motion to decrease the budget by a dollar

Managed to get parliament to call an election

Managed to get parliament to refuse the paper on which the Budget was to be printed

Australia's first budget named the 152 public servants paid by the Commonwealth. How many of these said “appointment not made”?

102

This weekend the treasurer announced some budget measures to pay for investment. What are the three evils we’re taxing?

Landlords, property developers & speculators, and gentlemen’s clubs

Pokies, slaughterhouses and petrol

Private zoos, crown casino and cars driving into the CBD

Cigarettes, Brumbies and jet skis

The 2012 omnishambles budget was handed down by then treasurer George Osborne. What British staple did he try to start taxing in it?

Pasties

Biscuits

Umbrellas

Warm beer

John McDonnell threw what at George Osborne in his delivery of the 2015 Autumn Financial Statement?

Mao's Little Red Book

Marx's Das Capital

Lenin's What is To be Done?

Che Guevara's diarys

Australian Political History Quiz

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