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1987: Australia
Prime Minister Bob Hawke's decision to call an early 'double dissolution' election in July, eight months before his three-year term was scheduled to expire, dominated domestic affairs in 1987. This year as well, there were bitter rifts between and within the conservative parties opposed to Hawke's...
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