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[Keating and Willis fall through the ceiling, Malcolm Fraser, Phillip Lynch, Paul Keating, Ralph Willis] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 10 November 1981.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings. The Labor Opposition is in the throes of an ideological struggle over the issue of a capital gains tax. Ralph Willis, supported by the Left is in favour of it, while others, mainly Paul Keating and Bob Hawke (not to mention Leader Bill Hayden) pragmatically take the view that Labor can't win if they take such a tax to the next election.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"It's called the tumbled look - and we think it's going to be very popular" [Cheryl Kernot and Ralph Willis] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 19 June 1995.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3513065. Treasurer Ralph Willis is not pleased when Cheryl Kernot, Leader of the Australian Democrats, announces that the Democrats intend to vote against a budget measure to impose a sales tax on a wider range of building materials and builders' hardware. Willis says it will have a significant impact on the budget and will not be helpful in taking the pressure off interest rates.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
[Ralph Willis peers around the corner as the inflation animal emerges] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 28 April 1995.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3510759. Ralph Willis, Treasurer in the Keating Government, is a relieved man when the inflation result for the quarter is better than expected, easing pressure for any immediate increase in interest rates.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"Let's get the lid on quick before it changes its mind" [Treasurer Ralph Willis to undertaker, about to screw the lid on the coffin of inflation] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Published in the Canberra Times on 17 December 1991.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3260929. Treasurer Ralph Willis concedes that things are not quite as rosy as previously indicated and that the extended drought and a slow-down in the world economy could see the economic gains foreshadowed in the Federal Budget evaporate.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"Gently on the footbrake - change down a gear - gotta do these things well in advance" [Ralph Willis driving the Australian economy] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 18 August 1994.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3258107. In an attempt to stop the economy overheating, the Reserve Bank raises interes rates by 0.75 percent. A cautions Ralph Willis, Treasurer in the Keating Government, does not rule out further rate rises.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"Ralphie'll tell you - it's just a matter of letting it know who's boss" [Paul Keating, as Ralph Willis rides a bucking horse, the Oz economy] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 9 January 1995.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3507846. Treasurer Ralph Willis, who has been the prime campaigner for a tough economic policy, has a rough ride ahead of him with the November balance of payments showing an expected bad figure.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"I've got a feeling we've been this way before - " [Wage agreements, Bill Kelty, Simon Crean and Ralph Willis] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 7 October 1986.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings. Ralph Willis, Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations in the Hawke Government, looks for support from the more moderate employer groups for a radical new two-tiered wage system proposed by ACTU leaders to provide more flexibility in wage fixing and to replace the now defunct Government-Union Accord, hopefully to freeze out the more rabid right-wing employer groups of the 'New Right'.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"Behold, Lothar! - a privatised bank!" [Paul Keating] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 11 May 1995.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3510756. Desperate to bring the budget back into surplus, the Keating Government announces its decision to sell its remaing half share (worth $4bn) in the Commonwealth Bank just one hour before Treasurer Ralph Willis delivers his budget speech. Mandrake the Magician Keating shows his trusty offsider Lothar Willis how it is done. ('Mandrake the Magician' was a popular comic strip of the 50's and 60's). --Information provided by Geoff Pryor
[Pigs dressed as lawyers and doctors eating from a trough] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times on 24 December 1983.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings. Ralph Willis, Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations in the Hawke Government expresses concern over the Australian Medical Association's decision to unilaterally raise doctors' scheduled fees by seven per cent. Perhaps it's time for the spotlight to fall on lawyers as well.-- Information provided by Geoff Pryor
"Just had him neutralised " [John Howard] [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Published in the Canberra Times 21 March 1986.; Part of the Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings. Ralph Willis, Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations in the Hawke Government, bells the cat (so to speak) when he tables a leaked document detailing the Coalition's industrial relations strategy which contains a list of uncooperative businessmen who need to be 'neutralised' - much to the huge embarrassment of Opposition Leader John Howard.--Information provided by Geoff Pryor
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